Will you always have the same learning dissability?

Question

Will you always have the same learning dissability?

Answer 1

No, oddly enough, you might not.

I tested children in the schools for learning disabilities.  Sometimes, over the years, one LD might actually get better, so it no longer showed up on the test.  Then, another one might be more obvious.

So, if you start with 2 or 3, over time you might only show the signs of 1 or 2, as you learn to compensate for one or more of them!

Answer 2

To verying degrees yes.  However, most students with disabilities have more then one "defined disability" and which one is causing the most issues may change over time.  This is usually a legal reporting requirement and not a true change in disabilities.

For example, a student may have improved academically enough so that the discrepancy between performance and IQ is not large enough to qualify for special education but they still have scores below the required percentile in speech.  The IEP team may choose to re-define the primary disability as SLI (Speech and Language Impaired) rather then make the call that despite the test this student still needs services do to their processing disability reflected by an SLD (Specific Learning Disability).

My own child is dyslexic and although she no longer qualifies for services because the gap has closed in performance., This student is still dyslexic.

Answer 3

Yes, I've had to deal with dyslexia all of my life and there are probably other learning disabilities that I have.  I didn't learn to read until the age of 10 when I was home schooled due to having to take the year out of school due to surgery because of my physical disability.  I was diagnosed over 40 years later when my youngest daughter was diagnosed.   I've learned to read and write well but it was hard and I still have trouble spelling.  All of my children have some type of learning disability what has happened with particularly the younger two is that they have been taught to compensate for their dyslexia and other issues.  You rarely only have one learning disability.

My oldest daughter is developmentally delayed, my middle daughter has dyslexia and discaluculia the math equivalent. the youngest has dyslexia, processing issues, fine motor skill issues, and non verbal learning disabilities.

Answer 4

Yes.  However, as you grow older you can learn strategies for compensating  for it.

-S

Answer 5

yes, it will always be there and won't change.  the person just needs to learn how to deal with it and function in spite of it.