Abstract

                          This paper deals with the Etiology and Types of Learning disabilities. Learning disabilities are actually a failure on the part of the child who lacks adequate intelligence, maturation level, cultural background and educational experience to learn a scholastic skill. Such disabilities can only be determined by a psychologist, a paediatrician, or a psychiatrist. People with these disorders can find difficulty to learn as quickly as others who are not affected by the problem. The presentation discusses the five models, which act as etiological factors in learning difficulty. All these models are interlinked; hence, learning disability is multifactorial. Learning disabilities are of two types: based on information processing- input, integration, storage, and output; by function impaired- dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia etc.

Key words: Etiology of Learning disabilities, Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia.