{"id":2128,"date":"2020-05-20T20:15:29","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T19:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthcareers.co\/?p=2128"},"modified":"2020-06-21T00:48:40","modified_gmt":"2020-06-20T23:48:40","slug":"learning-disability-statistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthcareers.co\/learning-disability-statistics\/","title":{"rendered":"14 Educational Learning Disability Statistics and Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Learning disorders are one of the most <\/span>common disabilities<\/span> in children today. These children have a normal level of intelligence, and yet they struggle when it comes to connecting with the material given to them at school. <\/span>Learning disability statistics<\/span> show that these disabilities are common among the American youth, and it\u2019s important that these young people are given the necessary tools to be able to learn and thrive as they grow up. They need to be taught by people in the <\/span>health profession<\/span><\/a> who understand their disability. And, when in doubt, parents should speak to <\/span>healthcare professionals<\/span><\/a> who have experience with learning disorders.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, there is still much stigma attached to learning disabilities, and that is why far more people need to be more informed when it comes to these disorders. The following statistics should be able to shed some more light on the matter and give you fresh insight into learning disabilities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Top 10 <\/b>Learning Disability Stats<\/b> and Facts<\/b><\/h2>\n
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  • The five most common types of learning disabilities are dyslexia, ADHD, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, and processing deficits.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Learning disability describes people with a normal level of intelligence who have a problem with learning.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  • One in five children in the United States has a learning disability.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 39% of students receiving special education receive it for learning disabilities.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 70% of students with learning disabilities spend around 80% of their education in classrooms designed to educate the general population.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • According to school-going <\/span>children with a disability, statistics<\/span> show that the rate of students with learning disabilities who dropout is 18.1%, which is much higher than the general rate of dropout, where it sits at 6.5%.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • The best college for those with learning disabilities is Beacon College in Florida.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Almost half of the parents (43%) claim that they would prefer that other people didn\u2019t know about their child\u2019s learning disability.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  • The number of parents who think that children will lose their learning disability as they get older is still high.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 81% of people who are in their initial adult years claim that they have not made it known at the workplace that they have a learning disability.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    General <\/b>Learning Disabilities Facts<\/b><\/h2>\n