Essay On Learning Disability

Ten percent of the population is affected by some sort of learning disability. Given that the average class size is twenty six students per classroom, anywhere between two to three students could be effected with a learning disability. Dyslexia hits home with me and the hardships that came with it are all too familiar. Mental anguish is not the only thing that comes from disabilities, but also exterior environmental factors like the people around you. These few persons are left behind because they are not able to perform to a certain standard and are treated as incapable individuals. Powell talks not about Indians but how they are viewed to give insight on how her race is being viewed with the hope of changing that mindset. Keefe and Copeland state that Literacy is not justified to a …show more content…
“The participants suggested that learning disabilities are the result of physical, neurological, biological, genetic, motivational, behavioural, emotional, familial, and social and economic factors.” (Keefe and Copeland 58) I noticed they were able to break it down into different sections, but what really popped to me was the family aspect. “When familial factors were mentioned as something that resulted in a learning disability, they included changes in family life such as divorce or new living arrangements, emotionally abusive parents, a child having witnessed a traumatic event, abusive family relationships.”( Keefe and Copeland 58-59) I was able to connect this to my own life because my parents went through a divorce, so maybe that could be the reason I developed a learning disability. This is important, because if a child does not have a stable household, the chances of them acquiring some sort of learning disability is higher compared to kids that are in a well place. The reason the authors share their findings is to bring awareness to the topic at