learning disability

noun

: any of various conditions (such as dyslexia or dysgraphia) that interfere with an individual's ability to learn and so result in impaired functioning in language, reasoning, or academic skills (such as reading, writing, and mathematics) and that are thought to be caused by difficulties in processing and integrating information

called also learning difference

learning disabled adjective

Examples of learning disability in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Those families shared stories about brain damage and learning disabilities, and about a federal government that has denied them help. —Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 11 June 2025

An audience member who identified themselves as a para-educator raised concerns that the school voucher program included in the GOP bill would pull money from public schools and hurt children with learning disabilities. —Riley Beggin, USA Today, 29 May 2025

Hartford parents are tired of waiting for a public school system that responds to the needs of all students, including children with special education needs and learning disabilities. —Milly Arciniegas, Hartford Courant, 27 May 2025

Lead exposure is most serious during brain development – in utero, infancy and early childhood, and high lead exposure levels can lead to learning disabilities, behavior difficulties, and a lower IQ, according to the Food and Drug Administration. —Mike Snider, USA Today, 15 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for learning disability

• communicability
• comprehensibility
• deliverability
• differentiability
• impenetrability
• impermeability
• impracticability
• inaccessibility
• inadmissibility
• inapplicability
• incompatibility
• indestructibility

Kids Definition

learning disability

noun

: any of various conditions (as attention deficit disorder and dyslexia) that interfere with a person's ability to learn basic academic skills

called also learning difference

learning disabled adjective

Medical Definition

learning disability

noun

: any of various disorders (as dyslexia or dysgraphia) that interfere with an individual's ability to learn resulting in impaired functioning in verbal language, reasoning, or academic skills (as reading, writing, and mathematics) and are thought to be caused by difficulties in processing and integrating information

—abbreviation LD

learning disabled adjective