Learning Difficulties

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:

    “And hiving wisdom with each studious year,
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    And shaped his weapon with an edge severe,
    Sapping a solemn creed with solemn sneer.”
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