Learning disabilities

A learning disability is a term used to describe someone who has significant difficulties understanding new or complex information and learning new skills.

They also have a reduced ability to cope independently and/or an impairment that started before adulthood with a lasting effect on development. There are many different types of learning disability.

Autism and Dyslexia may be described as learning difficulties or disabilities depending on their severity, and these have their own sections on this site.

Around 2.5% of young people in the UK have a learning disability.

Practical advice

Music and people with a learning disability – Mencap
Music and specific learning difficulties - E-music Maestro

Blogs

Music and learning and attention issues - Understood
See the FAQs on the Bild (British Insitute for Learning Disabilities) website

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