🧠 Easy Read: How to Know if You or Someone You Know Has a Learning Disability

 

A learning disability means a person’s brain works in a different way.
It can make learning and everyday life harder.

💬 What this means

Some people find it hard to:

• Understand or remember information 🧩

• Learn new skills 📘

• Do things like other people their age 👣

🏠 Things that might be hard

People with learning disabilities may find it hard to:

• Manage a home 🏡

• Look after themselves or their health 💊

• Learn in school or college 🎓

• Understand work instructions 💼

🔍 Everyone is different

Not everyone finds the same things hard.
For example:

• One person may struggle with reading or spelling ✏️

• Another person may struggle with maths or money 💰

⚙️ Other difficulties can include:

• Talking or understanding others 🗣️

• Walking, hearing or seeing 👂👁️

• Reading and writing 📖

• Remembering things 🧠

• Knowing left and right ↔️

• Finishing one job before starting another ⏳

• Focusing on one thing at a time 🎯

🌟 People have strengths too!

People with learning disabilities have many talents and good ideas.
They might be great at:

• Art 🎨

• Acting 🎭

• Music 🎵

• Caring for others 💕

• Problem solving 🧩

Everyone learns in their own way.
With the right support, people with learning disabilities can do well and live a full life. 🌈