How to Know if You Have a Learning Disability
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The ultimate way to identify if you have a learning disability is to undergo educational and psychological testing. Only then can you formally be identified with a learning disability. If formal testing is not available or too expensive, the following are some signs of a learning disability.
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- Consult with teaching and counseling professionals at your school to get some perspective on whether any troubles you may be experiencing might be indicative of a learning difference.
- Undergo educational and psychological testing. You may wish to seek this if you have problems of the following nature:
- Difficulty learning or expressing information that was learned.
- Strengths in one area but weaknesses in others. (Example- strong in math and science but weak in reading and writing skills.)
- Discover that you often write letters backwards (Example b's look like d's).
- Difficulty comprehending what you have just read even though you could read every word of the passage.
- Difficulty writing thoughts in a logical manner.
- Trouble paying attention.
- Trouble remembering directions.










