Specific Learning Disorders are of varied types and manifest as different symptoms in children. Popularized by movies like “Taare Zameen Par”, SLDs have been slowly gaining awareness in the mainstream. However, resources for people with SLD remain scarce, even in megacities like Bangalore. The incidence of the disorder in India is around 8-10% which is very high. However, these don’t get detected. In a city like Bangalore, which is an educational centre, a high incidence of SLD and scarcity of resources can severely hamper the education of the children of the city. There are different types within SLD, they include Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, and Dyscalculia, and each of them manifests differently within children.

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Specific Learning Disorders are of varied types and manifest as different symptoms in children. Popularized by movies like “Taare Zameen Par”, SLDs have been slowly gaining awareness in the mainstream. However, resources for people with SLD remain scarce, even in megacities like Bangalore. The incidence of the disorder in India is around 8-10% which is very high. However, these don’t get detected. In a city like Bangalore, which is an educational centre, a high incidence of SLD and scarcity of resources can severely hamper the education of the children of the city. There are different types within SLD, they include Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, and Dyscalculia, and each of them manifests differently within children.

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