learning disability

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Dyscalculia, a learning disability that makes it difficult to work with numbers, affects about one in 20 people, according to the Dyscalculia Network.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Michelle cares for her 23-year-old daughter Alicia, who has a learning disability and a rare form of epilepsy.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

“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

I’ll lie and insist that there’s been a computer error and that I am supposed to be in the Distinguished Scholars class, even though I suck in English and have a learning disability.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers