How May Learning Disabilities Impact College Students?
(Some of these characteristics are common but not all students with disabilities
in these areas will have all of the characteristics. In fact, some of these
students may excel in some of these areas).

Study and Planning Skills

• Difficulty transitioning to different or new tasks

• Difficulties with organization

• Difficulty scheduling time to complete short and long-term assignments

• Difficulty completing tests or classroom assignments without additional time

• Difficulty following directions

Attentional and Interpersonal Skills

• Short attention span

• Difficulty concentrating on long lectures, etc.

• Easily distracted

• Disorientation to time

• Poor self esteem and self-confidence

• Impulsive

• Impatient

Oral Language

• Grammar and syntax problems

• Vocabulary problems

• Word retrieval problems

• Memory retrieval problems in  reciting lectures, speeches, poetry, etc.

Reading

• Slow reading rate- may need longer time   to read a test and in-class assignments

• Poor comprehension  and retention of reading materials

• Difficulty interpreting charts, graphs, and symbols

• Difficulty with foreign languages

Writing

• Difficulties in organization and sequencing of ideas

• Difficulties with sentence structure and grammar

• Poor handwriting

• Difficulties with punctuation, spelling, and capitalization

• Difficulties taking notes

• Poor self-monitoring  of written work

Math

• Difficulty with  some  math concepts

• Difficulty with reading and comprehension of word problems

• Difficulty with monitoring own errors

• Difficulties with masic math skills and operations

• Number and symbol reversals

• Problems alligning math problems

• Difficulty with time and money concepts

• Difficulty with reasoning

• Difficulty with sequencing

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