Yes, people with learning difficulties can drive - obviously it depends on the difficulties.
For example I have ADHD - this causes problems with focus, reading, and executive dysfunction - I can learn to drive easily, and my issues with focus don't impact on my driving. A person with more severe learning difficulties however may struggle to learn to drive due to problems learning new information in general. Everyone is different and there are many types of learning difficulties.
No, most autistic people do not have learning difficulties. Although learning difficulties are common with autism, especially in childhood, it's not true for all.
Some people are just jerks.I fail to see what "learning difficulties" has to do with anything. Is it okay to insult people who don't have learning difficulties? Do we need to verify this first? "Excuse me, do you have a learning difficulty? You do? Oh, sorry, carry on then, I was going to call you a twit, but now I can't."
Learning difficulties - this is the term used within the self advocacy movement by people with learning difficulties themselves.
People with Learning Disabilities are born with it, but some people have Learning Disabilities when they are older.
The Peoples First organization sets out to provide equal rights for people with learning difficulties. They also aim to raise awareness for these people. Their organization is fully run by the people they support, those with learning difficulties.
It could be; but not nessaserally, many people with autism (but by no means all) have learning disabilities, but if someone has learning difficulties but shows no Social Difficulties or any other autistic symptoms, then they most likely are not autistic.
Jews, gipsies, homosexuals and people with severe learning difficulties.
I have learning difficulties but in the top set for English, in learning support all the others arent in the top set but 1 of them is in the top for maths.
Yes.
Jackie Pountney has written: 'Street seen for people with learning difficulties'
because they are able to see and remember things that people that are not blind can do.
Learning difficulties are caused by problems in brain function. When special brain tests are done, it can be shown that people with learning difficulties use different parts of their brain for reading and working things out in comparison to other people.Learning difficulties are usually picked up fairly early at school, when a child is not doing as well with learning to read, write or do maths as expected. For example, the child might be good at talking about topics, but not at writing about them.Having a learning problem is not just a problem of childhood. If a child has a learning problem, that person will still have difficulties when he or she is an adult. The difficulty does not go away, but the person learns ways of coping