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If you have been continually struggling in school and it has been showing up in your grades and test scores, make sure that you have been tested for learning disabilities. It is possible that you have an undiagnosed issue that has caused you to develop a different learning style. Talk to your guidance counselor or family physician. Many of the colleges today welcome students with various learning disabilities and they have special programs geared especially for them.

Not sure what qualifies as a learning disability? It’s a blanket term that covers everything from not being able to sit still in class to not being able to read very well. There are many people who dislike the phrase “learning disability.” They believe that instead of calling areas of challenge “disabilities,” people should realize that some students simply have found other approaches to gaining knowledge that are perhaps different from most people’s ways of learning.

Review the information about learning disabilities from an organization called the Learning Disabilities Association of BC. Know the facts about learning disabilities.

Worried that learning disabilities will interfere with your education? There are many successful people who have made the “LD” list, such as Whoopi Goldberg, Magic Johnson, Nelson Rockefeller, Jay Leno and Charles Schwab. Not too shabby, eh? You wouldn’t mind being in such good company, would you?