Concept:Learning disabilities are neurological disorders that affect specific cognitive skills, but they are not linked to low intelligence.Explanation:These disabilities cause difficulty in interpreting information from the senses or in connecting information from different brain areas. They are not due to cultural differences or emotional problems. Children with average or above-average IQ can also have learning disabilities. Such children struggle in specific areas like reading, writing, or maths and require remedial help. The table below lists common learning disabilities:
Learning Disabilities
Related to
Dyslexia
Reading disability including difficulty with accurate word recognition, word decoding and reading comprehension and oral reading skills
Dysgraphia
Writing disability, inability to write properly, illegible handwriting
Dysphasia
Speech and language disorders
Dyscalculia
Mathematics disability, difficulty in learning mathematical concepts and organizing numbers besides, subtraction, multiplication, division
Dyspraxia
Difficulty with motor skills, non-verbal learning disability, motor clumsiness and poor visual-spatial skills
Dysnomia
inability to retrieve or recall appropriate words for oral or return language
Thus, learning disabilities can exist in children with average or above-average intelligence.Answer:C. also present in children with average or above-average IQ