When you hear the word “learning disabilities,” what do you think of? Many people view us as stupid mental people who don't know anything. As you may know, the term “retarded” is also used when referring to the word learning disability. On page eleven of their book, "Working with People with Learning Disabilities," David Thomas and Honor Woods write: "A learning disability is the terminology used to label people who function at an intellectual level significantly below the average level of people. in society. » Many people view children and young adults with learning difficulties as if they are not normal people like everyone else. People need to understand that people with learning disabilities are just as normal as everyone else and that some people with learning disabilities are smarter than others. Just because someone thinks or learns differently doesn't give you the right to judge and insult them. What is a learning disability? During my English 105 class, I asked my classmates what a learning disability was, most of the students had no idea what a learning disability was. Some students have never even heard of the word learning disability in their lives. Some said they had heard of it or knew someone who had it, but didn't know much information about it. Not all people with a learning disability are the same, just as not all normal people are the same. “A person with a learning disability may not have the same learning style as another student with a learning disability. » One person with a learning disability may have difficulty reading and writing and another student with a learning disability may have difficulty understanding math skills. » (medicinenet). "Learning disabilities include a spectrum of disorders that affect the way the brain...... middle of paper...... al kid" or a retard as some call it because I'm at university and I succeed. I'm not as bad as some disabled kids. I may be a student with a learning disability, but I am smarter or as smart as some of my friends who have no disabilities. For me, the only handicap in life is a bad attitude! If you have a good attitude, no matter what type of illness or disability you have, you can succeed. More and more people are starting to treat children with learning disabilities like normal students. More and more people are aware of the people around them. Although not everyone knows what a learning disability is, everyone learns day by day. Everyone should know this exists because not everyone is the same, but treating everyone the same is the key factor. Just because someone learns differently doesn't mean no one has the right to treat them differently or badly..