Do You Have a Learning Disability?
from Straight Talk about Learning Disabilities
by Kay Marie Porterfield
Do you think you might have a learning disability? Read the following statements and see how many of them you agree with.
- I have difficulty remembering right from left.
- Sometimes I mix up letters and numbers, like mistaking 52 for 25 or being unable to tell the difference between b, d, p, and q.
- I have a hard time playing sports, especially one in which I have to catch a ball.
- My handwriting is so sloppy even I can't read it sometimes.
- I'm always losing things like my jacket, my lunch money and my homework.
- Long division and fractions are very hard for me.
- I can't even spell algebra, let alone work the problems.
- My room, my locker, my papers, and my desk are a mess.
- I hate to read, so I don't know why I am reading this page.
- The only thing I hate more than reading is school.
- My parents and teachers say that I don't try hard enough and that I have a bad attitude.
Agreeing with some of these statements does not mean for certain that you have a learning disability, but if you answered yes to more than two or three of them,
you might want to talk to your parents, a teacher, or a school counselor about the problems you are encountering.
Ask about the possibility of being tested for a learning disability in order to receive special help in school.