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Einstein’s Learning Disability
Many organizations that promote the interests of individuals with learning disabilities claim that Albert Einstein had a learning disability, and this claim has become widely accepted.
It is interesting to note that a review of biographical sources, however, provides little or no evidence to support this assertion.
According to LD lore Einstein failed to talk until the age of four, the result of a language disability. It is also claimed that Einstein could not read until the age of nine. To strengthen their case LD proponents point to such facts that Einstein failed his first attempt at entrance into college and lost three teaching positions in two years.
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Serving Learning Disability Students Head To College
More and more of today’s high school students who struggle with a learning disability are not letting that keep them back, but are heading off to college in spite of their disability. There are several steps of preparation that students who have learning disabilities can take to make the transition from high school to college as smooth as possible. These preparations start in high school.
First, students who have learning disabilities need to work on developing self knowledge while in high school. They need to understand what learning style works best for them. They need to have an arsenal of learning strategies in hand that they know will allow them to achieve success in school. Such strategies might include asking for extra time to take tests, listening to books read out loud instead of reading them, or making up acronyms to help them remember important material.
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Beingness a Highly Sensitive Person Vs Having a Learning Disability
It can be a problematical and difficult prospect to be told that you or your child has a learning disability. There are usually a lot of steps to be taken to move toward being able to learn at the same pace as those around you. And sometimes more importantly, you will now be faced with the stigma attached to the title. But what if you found out that your so-called learning disability was really the result of your having a finely-tuned nervous system, and when you are placed in the right situation, you learn just as fast, if not faster, than your peers? Many are finding that they have been mistaken as learning-disabled, only to find out later that they may simply be considered a highly sensitive person. In this article, we will explore the difference between having a learning disability and being a highly sensitive person, and some ways that being sensitive can actually be beneficial if learned to discipline.
There are loads of websites ready with content and information on having a learning disability. And many of them give symptoms of the “problem,” including difficulty understanding simple instructions, difficulty concentrating when reading or writing, being unable to tell important information from unimportant information, and difficulty organizing and completing writing projects. While these are explicit hindrances in a person’s ability to learn, there are often other ways to inform these systems, especially once you conceive the symptoms of a highly sensitive person.
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