Who is likely to develop learning disorders?
Some medical conditions may cause learning disorders. For example low-level lead intoxication, meningitis, AIDS, low birth weight and recurrent ear infections may have an association with learning disorders. There may be a family history of reading and spelling disabilities in teens with these particular learning disorders. There is a lot of research regarding the role of environmental and sociocultural deprivation as etiologic factors or at least potentiating factors in learning disorders. For many teens with learning disorders, however, no definite cause may be determined. What are the symptoms of learning disorders? Each teen with a learning disorder will have his or her own specific symptoms depending on the specific learning disorder profile. The teen could be inattentive, confused or disorganized about academic work. There may be behavior or control issues in school. Perception difficulties could be marked by difficulty in organizing visual materials. A teen with auditory percept
