Learning Disability - What’s Good About a Learning Disability?

People with a learning disability, just like everyone else, have strengths and weaknesses. A learning disability may affect one or more areas of learning, but people with a learning disability often have strengths in academic areas other than their disabilities and may even be gifted! Tha

• People with a learning disability usually have average or higher intelligence.
• People with a learning disability in reading are often talented in math. People with a learning disability in math are often talented in reading.
• People with a learning disability are used to needing to work harder than non-disabled people to achieve their goals. This often makes them hard workers in school and on the job.
• People with a learning disability often reason differently or visualize differently than most people. This makes them innovative and creative.
• People with a learning disability have to use all resources available to them to solve problems and often have to "think outside of the box." This makes them inquisitive and resourceful.
• Knowing how much they have struggled with learning themselves, people with a learning disability are often compassionate and caring individuals who work well with others.