Sentence examples for by a learning disability from inspiring English sources

Embarrassed early in his school years by a learning disability, he eventually received his high school equivalency diploma at Seminole Community College.

Mencap believes that the new GP-led clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) could play a key role in ending the health inequalities faced by people with a learning disability in the NHS.

The worst experiences were reported by patients with a learning disability or mental health condition.

Mencap's Hear my voice campaign wants to make sure the next government does this by helping people with a learning disability have their voices heard by MPs and candidates.

Both charities say that ministers need to address "systemic failings in the care of people with a learning disability, by closing large institutions and developing appropriate local services".

Virginia Gardner regards her 286-pound son as "my baby" -- he is the youngest of nine -- and she helped him overcome a learning disability by reading with him until 2 in the morning some days on their remote Wyoming farm.

In addition to traversing the social landscape of the school and doctor's office, the cultural aversion to the very notion of a learning disability by many Latino parents makes it even harder to flag impairments that are subtle and yet easily accommodated.

The report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) that was announced yesterday paints a sickening picture of what was found within inpatient units for people with a learning disability run by Calderstones NHS trust.

"Given that some of those people with a learning disability clearly, by definition, cannot be as productive in their work as somebody who has not got a disability of that nature, then it was inevitable that, given the employer was going to have to pay them both the same, they were going to take on the person who was going to be more productive, less of a risk.

Dyslexia is a learning disability characterised by problems with accurate or fluent word recognition, poor decoding, and poor spelling abilities.

A learning disability is caused by the way the brain develops before, during or shortly after birth.