In the UK, “Learning Disability” refers to what would be identified as “Mental Retardation” in the US, so there is reason for some slack for UK writers who misuse (by my standards) “Learning Disabilities” as a generic for “disability.” But, in this case, it appears that the confusion of terms is even beyond the limit of that play or give I’m willing to provide. From an article in the Evening Times of Scotland, I extracted this quote:
An estimated 20% of Scots have a learning disability, such as dyslexia, autism, dispraxia or Aspergers syndrome.
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