Many people pass by people or children with learning disability without notice. Unlike other disabilities like paralysis and blindness a learning disability is a hidden handicap. Students with learning disabilities go to work, attend college and vocational school and live a productive life. Many people believe that children with learning disabilities are lazy and don't want to learn. That's not true. Many students do not know what they are capable of and are scared to admit they have a learning disability. They feel like people will look down on them.
             One in five children have some type of learning disability according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. Learning disability is a broad term that can cover many disorders. According to the National Center for Learning Disabilities a learning disability is defined as a disorder that interferes with a person's ability to store, process, or produce information. It creates a gap between one's ability and ones ability to perform. Children with learning disabilities are sometimes thought to be unprogressive or may not achieve as well as they should at their age level in school. They are usually average children who experience extreme difficulty in learning how to read or to do mathematical problems, or who have difficulty in handling a pencil, buttoning buttons, or tying shoelaces. They can be harshly teased by their classmates for clumsiness or "stupidity," and are frequently labeled as "disciplinary" problems by their teachers because they may act up in class in an attempt to blend in their lack of preparation.
             To diagnose and treat learning disabilities is not the same as diagnosing in the same sense as diabetes or chicken pots. These have known causes, diagnosed symptoms and treatments. Learning disabilities on the other hand has a varying broad term that covers an array of possible causes, symptoms, and treatments and outcomes. There is no medication to cure a learning disabil...