Patients with learning disabilities

P96: Anxiety Problems in Students with Learning Disabilities

This paper provides an overview of the results of research related to anxiety disorders within the context of learning disabilities. About 8% of the student population in Iran suffers from learning disabilities (LD). Most of the criteria for anxiety disorders in ICD–10 or DSM–IV–TR can be applied reliably and validly in individuals with mild-to-moderate learning disabilities. Besides the clinic...

Comprehension of humor in children with nonverbal learning disabilities, reading disabilities, and without learning disabilities.

The normal development of humor in children has been well documented with a predictable course that is tied to social, cognitive, and linguistic development in children. This study explored humor comprehension in children with nonverbal learning disabilities (NVLD). Children with NVLD were compared with children with reading disabilities and a comparison group of children with no learning disab...

Learning from Physicians with Disabilities and Their Patients.

Although progress has been made in diversifying medical school admissions and faculty, this has not extended to physicians with physical disabilities. To improve our understanding of medical students and physicians with physical and sensory disabilities, the authors propose systematically gathering information on the needs and experiences of four groups: physicians who had disabilities before b...

Working with people with learning disabilities.

Learning disabilities.

Approximately 5% of all public school students are identified as having a learning disability (LD). LD is not a single disorder, but includes disabilities in any of seven areas related to reading, language, and mathematics. These separate types of learning disabilities frequently co-occur with one another and with social skill deficits and emotional or behavioral disorders. Most of the availabl...