General signs of learning disabilities

Learners may have trouble with:

• Remembering newly learned information because of either visual or auditory problems.
• Staying organized (thinking in a logical and orderly manner).
• Understanding what they read.
• Getting along with peers or co-workers (usually stems from a lack of skill to interpret non-verbal cues such as body language, personal space, taking turns in the conversation or an inability to recognize implicit messages in "tone of voice").
• Finding or keeping a job.
• Understanding jokes that are subtle or sarcastic.
• Making fitting remarks.
• Expressing thoughts orally or in writing.
• Learning basic skills (such as reading, writing, spelling and mathematics.) Skills are below expectations in some areas but not in others, e.g. poor writing skills but excellent comprehensive skills.
• Exhibiting strong self-esteem resulting from poor sense of self from years of failure in academic, social and employment situations - they may give up easily and put themselves down.
• Using proper grammar in spoken or written communication.
• Remembering and sticking to deadlines. They may have difficulty with awareness of time because they don't have an internal sense of time and can't predict how long a task may take, or because they have difficulty telling time.¹⁷
• Following directions, creating mental images, dealing with size, physical, geographic features and dimensions of space.¹⁸
• Generalizing skills from one situation to another.
• Changing their approach to a task even when the initial approach has proven unsuccessful.¹⁹