Learning difficulties may refer to:
- The conditions known in North America as learning disabilities, which are called "specific learning difficulties" in the United Kingdom
- The condition referred to by the World Health Organization as mental retardation, which is sometimes called "learning disability" in the United Kingdom
For more information, see the section on History of the terminology (United Kingdom).
Famous quotes containing the words learning and/or difficulties:
“Without our being especially conscious of the transition, the word “parent” has gradually come to be used as much as a verb as a noun. Whereas we formerly thought mainly about “being a parent,” we now find ourselves talking about learning how “to parent.” . . . It suggests that we may now be concentrating on action rather than status, on what we do rather than what or who we are.”
—Bettye M. Caldwell (20th century)
“Have you noticed when reading War and Peace the difficulties Tolstoy experienced in forcing morally wounded Bolkonsky to come into geographical and chronological contact with Natasha? It is very painful to watch the way the poor fellow is dragged and pushed and shoved in order to achieve this happy reunion.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)