A person's learning disability affects their ability to perceive or process verbal or non-verbal information which can result in difficulties in academic subjects and skills or possibly with social interactions as well. For whatever reason, the brain of a person with a learning disability is wired differently than others and neurologists are learning more about it all the time. At Sagonaska we spend a lot of time helping our students to understand what it means to have a learning disability and we teach them to recognize and capitalize on their strengths to advocate for themselves. We prefer to think of our students as learning differently, not learning disabled.
We asked our students to share some insight with their future teachers about what it is like to have a learning disability and how they can help students like them in their classrooms. Please read and hear straight from our students how we can better prepare and reach these students in our classrooms.
