LD: Learning Disabilities

   IS:       a lifelong disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in acquiring, understanding, and using spoken or written language and symbols. Related disorders can interfere with one’s ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or do numerical calculations.

  CAN:   distort, block, or scramble information at any point in the processing chain including:

INTAKE - material can be omitted,   misperceived, or only partially received;

ORGANIZATION - mistakes during sorting and storage of material can lead to confusion and inconsistency; and/or

EXPRESSION - errors involving scan, retrieval,  and/or output can interfere with smooth and automatic oral and written communication.

  MAY: co-occur with perceptual-motor disabilities, attention deficit disorders, severe behavior disorders, expressive and receptive language problems, “dyslexia”, and/or other processing lags.

 READ: “Disorganized Crime: Learning Disability and the Criminal Justice System”