In the UK we use the term ‘learning disability’, often interchangeably with ‘learning difficulty’. It’s not always helpful to label, but at Hft when we talk about a learning disability, we’re talking about a condition that affects the way someone understands and processes information, and how they communicate. When we talk about a learning difficulty, we’re often talking about a condition in an educational context. Learning difficulties can make processing information more difficult in certain circumstances.

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