learning disability

A significant deficit in the language and learning processes (such as listening, reading, writing, thinking, speaking, spelling, etc.) calling for special education techniques for remediation.

Definition reprinted with permission from Hood, Stephen B. (editor) available from Stuttering Foundation of America: Stuttering Words (Publication No 2: Speech Foundation of America)

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