Whois & Analysis for ldonline.org

Dyscalculia is difficulty in learning or comprehending arithmetic, such as difficulty in understanding numbers, learning how to manipulate numbers, and learning facts in mathematics.

It is generally seen as a specific developmental disorder.

Dysgraphia is a deficiency in the ability to write, primarily handwriting, but also coherence.

Dysgraphia is a transcription disability, meaning that it is a writing disorder associated with impaired handwriting, orthographic coding (orthography, the storing process of written words and processing the letters in those words), and finger sequencing (the movement of muscles required to write).

It often overlaps with other learning disabilities such as speech impairment, attention deficit disorder, or developmental coordination disorder.

In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), dysgraphia is characterized as a learning disability in the category of written expression when one’s writing skills are below those expected given a person’s age measured through intelligence and age-appropriate education.

The DSM is not clear in whether or not writing refers only to the motor skills involved in writing, or if it also includes orthographic skills and spelling.

Anomic aphasia (also known as dysnomia, nominal aphasia, and amnesic aphasia) is a mild, fluent type of aphasia where an individual has word retrieval failures and cannot express the words they want to say (particularly nouns and verbs).

Anomia is a deficit of expressive language.

The most pervasive deficit in the aphasias is anomia.

Some level of anomia is seen in all of the aphasias.

Individuals with aphasia who display anomia can often describe an object in detail and maybe even use hand gestures to demonstrate how the object is used but cannot find the appropriate word to name the object.

Dyslexia, also known as reading disorder, is characterized by trouble with reading despite normal intelligence.

Different people are affected to varying degrees.

Problems may include difficulties in spelling words, reading quickly, writing words, "sounding out" words in the head, pronouncing words when reading aloud and understanding what one reads.

Often these difficulties are first noticed at school.

When someone who previously could read loses their ability, it is known as alexia.

The difficulties are involuntary and people with this disorder have a normal desire to learn.

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a mental disorder of the neurodevelopmental type.

It is characterized by problems paying attention, excessive activity, or difficulty controlling behavior which is not appropriate for a person's age.

These symptoms begin by age six to twelve, are present for more than six months, and cause problems in at least two settings (such as school, home, or recreational activities).

In children, problems paying attention may result in poor school performance.

Although it causes impairment, particularly in modern society, many children with ADHD have a good attention span for tasks they find interesting.