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Specific Learning Disorders

Specific learning disorders referred to as learning disabilities are neurodevelopmental conditions that hinder a person's ability to gain and adapt to academic skills properly. People with specific learning disorders face challenges in writing, reading, and mathematics, even in other aspects of learning. Specific learning disorders (SLD) impacts a person's academic performance, self-esteem, and daily functioning.    What Are the Types of Specific Learning Disorders? Specific learning disorders (SLD) contain three types, people face challenges. 1- Dyslexia Dyslexia is known as difficulties in reading, spelling, and decoding words. It comes with struggles with recognizing words, reading in fluency, and understanding the written text.  3- Dysgraphia Dysgraphia refers to challenges with writing, spelling, and organizing thoughts in writing on paper. People with dysgraphia may also face problems with fine motor skills which impacts their ability to write clearly and neatl...

Specific Phobia

A specific phobia is a condition of extreme fear of a particular object, situation, or activity. These specific phobias can impact a person's various aspects of life including, work, personal, and social life. There are types of specific phobias, let's understand them with examples below.   Fears of Different types of Animals: Arachnophobia: People with arachnophobia feel excessive fear when they see spiders anywhere. They avoid places where they think the chances are spiders might be present, such as green areas. It is the excessive fear of spiders. Cynophobia: People with this phobia might panic when they see a dog. They avoid sidewalks and go to friends who have a pet dog. It is the severe fear of dogs. Entomophobia: It is the intense fear of insects. People with this phobia become afraid when they see ants and insects near them.   Fear of Natural Situations: Acrophobia: If someone has an extreme fear of heightened places and feels dizzy when standing in heightened plac...