Each school, due to government mandate, must provide services to struggling students. The Human Diversity in Education handbook defines exceptional students as “those who are eligible for special educational services” (Cushner, McClelland, & Safford, 2011). There are several categories of exceptional students, but they all fall along the Ability/Disability continuum. Some of the categories for exceptional students are: Intellectually Gifted, Specific Learning Disabilities, Emotionally Disabled, Hearing Impaired, Visually Impaired, Mentally Disabled, and Physically Disabled. In this article, the specific type of students that will be discussed falls on the disabled side of the continuum. As the list above shows, different types of disabilities can affect students. One of the disabilities that affects many students in schools today is known as a learning disability (LD). Students with learning disabilities, also called specific learning disabilities, tend to be of at least average intelligence. At least average intelligence is the key word. A learning disability is defined as “a neurological disorder that affects the brain's ability to receive, process, store, and respond to information” (National Center for Learning Disabilities). Learning disabilities can affect students in the areas of listening, speaking, reading, writing and spelling, reasoning, and mathematics. A student with a learning disability may sometimes suffer from social anxiety. Although social anxiety may be something minor, for students with this disability it can cause major problems. Their social anxiety is caused by the fear of not fitting in because they are unable to understand or process information in the middle of a paper......having to repeat things for him, find another way to do it. express it or show him something so he can understand. These experiences and a few others help me realize that becoming an educator is something I really want to do.NCLD Resources. (2011). National Center for Learning Disabilities/ld.org. Retrieved from http://www.ncld.org/ Cushner, K., McClelland, A., & Safford, P. (2011). Florida Edition, human diversity in education. (7th ed.). McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages.National Outreach Center for Children with Disabilities.Learning Disabilities. (2011). Retrieved from http://nichcy.org/disability/special/ldCarter,EW, Swedeen, B., Moss, CK, & Pesko, MJ (2010). “What do you do after school?” » Promote the extracurricular participation of young people with disabilities of transition age. School and clinic intervention, 45(5), 275-283