learning difference

noun

|Updated on: 10 Jul 2018

Definition of learning difference

: learning disability

Recent Examples of learning difference from the Web

Cara Luhring has a question about the Paul Rabil Foundation, which helps children with learning differences.

— recode staff, Recode, "Full transcript: Investor and lacrosse player Paul Rabil on Too Embarrassed to Ask," 18 June 2018
More from Mansion My mother was a therapist who treated children with learning differences.

— marc myers, WSJ, "Kyra Sedgwick on Growing Up in a Home That Felt Like a Museum," 5 June 2018
Taste and learn differences between styles of Old World European wines and those produced in New World countries like the Americas, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

— chuck yarborough, cleveland.com, "2018 Tri-C High School Rock Off: Here's who's up this Saturday at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame," 23 Jan. 2018
Students with learning differences currently have classes but no dedicated school.

— jeffrey lee puckett, The Courier-Journal, "Louisville's beloved Clifton Center is closing, but its legacy won’t be wiped away," 20 Dec. 2017
The Anova Center for Education is the only nonprofit institution in Sonoma County that specializes in providing education and therapy services to youth, ages 5 to 22, living with autism and learning differences.

— intisar seraaj and david williams, CNN, "Families fight for normalcy after wildfires destroy autism school," 19 Oct. 2017

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