learning disability

noun

: any of various conditions (such as dyslexia or dysgraphia) that interfere with an individual's ability to learn and so result in impaired functioning in language, reasoning, or academic skills (such as reading, writing, and mathematics) and that are thought to be caused by difficulties in processing and integrating information

called also learning difference

learning disabled adjective

Examples of learning disability in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This discovery helps doctors and scientists identify children at risk for learning disabilities, allowing for earlier interventions and better outcomes. —Jessica Cantlon, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025

Sara Duke, a psychologist who worked with kids with learning disabilities, noticed that the students who knew a lot about their families tended to do better when they were faced with challenges. —Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025

Autism and learning disabilities training should be mandatory. —Michelle Raz, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024

For students with learning disabilities and other special educational needs, PVUSD maintains 11 specific programs to support students ages 3 through 22 to expand academic, cognitive, functional, and even independent living skills. —Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for learning disability

• communicability
• comprehensibility
• deliverability
• differentiability
• impenetrability
• impermeability
• impracticability
• inaccessibility
• inadmissibility
• inapplicability
• incompatibility
• indestructibility

Kids Definition

learning disability

noun

: any of various conditions (as attention deficit disorder and dyslexia) that interfere with a person's ability to learn basic academic skills

called also learning difference

learning disabled adjective

Medical Definition

learning disability

noun

: any of various disorders (as dyslexia or dysgraphia) that interfere with an individual's ability to learn resulting in impaired functioning in verbal language, reasoning, or academic skills (as reading, writing, and mathematics) and are thought to be caused by difficulties in processing and integrating information

—abbreviation LD

learning disabled adjective