learning disability
Example Sentences
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“To every kid with a learning disability: don’t let anyone — not even the President of the United States — bully you,” Newsom wrote on X. “Dyslexia isn’t a weakness. It’s your strength.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
The insults first materialized when a video went viral of Newsom speaking at a book tour appearance with Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens during which he discussed his lifelong struggle with the learning disability.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
He added there was "no excuse" for failing to support people with a learning disability to access "life-saving cancer screening and timely diagnosis".
From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026
Another report in England showed 39% of deaths in the learning disability community were avoidable, meaning they could still be alive if they had received the right care.
From BBC • Sep. 9, 2025
His speech was extremely slow on account of a learning disability.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
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