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Learning & Communication Disorders

The following are categories under the DSM IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition)

  • Learning disorders include reading disorder (such as dyslexia), mathematics disorder, and disorder of written expression.
  • Communication disorders include expressive language disorder, phonological disorder, receptive-expressive language disorder, and stuttering.
There are many causes of these disorders, including neurological disorders, brain injury or anomaly, physical impairment, and/or heredity.