GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
LEARNING DISABILITIES
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Question
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Just under 1/2% of school age students
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Just under 1% of school age students
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Just under 5% of school age students
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Just under 10% of school age students
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Detailed explanation-1: -Scholastic performance falls below the individual’s chronological age, and the impairment rolls out across the domains like reading, reading comprehension, written expression, spelling and mathematics. Prevalence of specific learning disability in India ranges from 5%–15% in various studies [2].
Detailed explanation-2: -Learning Disabilities Prevalence Compared to all children in the US, they represent about 1.69% of the population.
Detailed explanation-3: -In India, the prevalence of SLD is reported to vary from 3% to 10%. In India, although SLD is included as one of the disabilities according to the Rights of Persons with Disability Act of 2016, the screening and diagnosis of SLD are complicated.
Detailed explanation-4: -The percentage of children aged 3–17 years diagnosed with a developmental disability increased–from 16.2% in 2009–2011 to 17.8% in 2015–2017.