Healthline

What’s the Difference Between an Intellectual Disability and a Learning Disability?

Intellectual disabilities affect a child’s ability to learn and function at levels considered typical for their age. Learning disabilities affect a child’s ability to master specific skills, like ...

Study identifies distinct profiles of nonverbal learning disability, offering fresh insights for diagnosis and care

A study published in JAMA Network Open identifies four distinct profiles of Nonverbal Learning Disability (NVLD), providing ...
The Herald-Times

Hidden in plain sight: Life with nonverbal learning disability

When most people think of a learning disability, they tend to associate it with challenges such as difficulty learning to read, difficulty with spelling or processing language. However, there is ...
Education Week

What Educators Should Know About Dyscalculia, a Math Learning Disability

Dyscalculia is a severe and persistent learning disability in math that affects about 5 to 8 percent of school-age children. Due to its impact on students’ ability to learn and retain basic math facts ...
Forbes

Parallel Learning Expands To Empower Students With Disabilities

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Writer by day, Comic by night, who aims to inform, inspire, and amuse. A multi-ethnic group of preschool students is sitting with ...
NBC News

What is a nonverbal learning disorder? Tim Walz’s son Gus’ condition, explained

Gus Walz stole the show Wednesday when his father, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, officially accepted the vice presidential nomination on the third night of the Democratic National Convention. The ...
Nursing in Practice

Streeting urges GP practices to improve access for people with a learning disability

General practice staff across England have been urged to help improve primary care access for people with a learning ...
The Journal

Report: Students with Learning and Attention Issues Three Times More Likely to Drop Out

One in five children have learning and attention issues, or brain-based challenges in reading, writing, math, organization, focus, listening comprehension, social skills, motor skills or a combination ...
The Michigan Daily

Coping in the Classroom: Students utilize unconventional accommodations to assist with learning disabilities

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The University Insider is The Daily’s first faculty and staff-oriented newsletter. This weekly ...
Fierce Healthcare

Marker Learning scores $15M to continue bringing down the cost of learning disability assessments

Marker Learning scored $15 million in series A funding from investors like Andreessen Horowitz and Richard Branson’s Virgin Group to continue the platform’s mission of bringing learning support ...
Newsweek

What is Dyscalculia? Netflix’s ‘Amateur’ Introduces Audiences to the Learning Difference

The Netflix original film, Amateur, is on its surface a story about a young kid hustling to make it to the NBA. But it goes beyond that. It explores the ways recruiters and universities take advantage ...
LAist

Dyslexia Is The Most Common Learning Disability For All Students. Why California Doesn’t Screen For It Early

This story features Beeline Reader for enhanced readability. Click to turn the feature on or off. Learn more about this technology here. “One of the greatest contributing factors to lower achievement ...