How Does Depression Affect People with Learning Disabilities?
For many people with learning disabilities (LD), it is hard for them to express what they are feeling. Without being able to effectively verbalize what they need, want, or feel many LD people will let their action speak for them. This can be a sign that something is truly wrong and should not be ignored or thought of as a temper tantrum. Any sudden changes in mood, behavior, or activities could be a clear sign of depression. Another sign is when the LD person can no longer do the things they were previously able to do. Depression is very common among the learning disabled. They are always under pressure and have a hard time with many normal aspects of life. The learning disabled have a hard time making and keeping friends and are often socially isolated. It is all too easy for people to assume the behavior is because of the learning disability and not that the person is suffering inside and in many instances in silence. Adolescents and adults with LD become withdrawn and reclusive. Man
