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Why Isn't Autism Considered A Learning Disability?

  • I heard autism is not considered a learning disability. Why not? Doesn't it impair the ability to learn social cues?

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    There is a lot of misunderstanding about learning disability. A learning disability refers to a specific impediment to learning that does not have an effect on intelligence. Dyslexia, Dsycalculia, Specific Reading disability, dysgraphia, etc. It is different than an intellectual disability which causes a person to take longer to learn, BUT they continue to learn throughout their lifetime. Autism because it's cause is not well understood is a developmental disability and is thought to be neurologically based. Although you do learn social cues, social cues are more a matter of intuition than learning and it is this intuition that people with autism seem to lack. If autism were simply a matter of learning social cues there would be very simply solution to remedy to the issues related to autism.

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It isn't strictly a learning disability, it's classed more of a behavioural problem although their learning in some cases can be impaired. A child or young adult can still be awarded a statement for learning where they can get extra help whilst in a learning environment if they're diagnosed with Autism.

SARAH Wiggle

My brother is Autistic and he's a genius. He's at the top of his class. He is NOT learning disabled at all. Thats why.

Anya, (:

It is a neurological/medical/health disability that AFFECTS LEARNING academic skills (math/reading) A learning disability (in the US) is a disability that affects how you process visual or auditory information such as dyslexia or non verbal learning disability or central auditory processing disorder. there are many disabilities that affect learning, but are not specifically learning disabilities. For example depression make make it hard for a person to concentrate and learn, it is a psychiatric disability that affects learning. Fibromyalgia ia a neurological disability that has issues with memory--which can affect learning, but it not called a learning disability. intellectual ability with autism ranges from below average to above average

JMITW

it isn't? I would think it would be, where did you hear this?

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