learning disabled

The author recounts a four-month cross-country trip to meet children and adults who have triumphed over learning disabilities and have gone on to lead successful lives.

Explores the topic of learning disabilities, describing different types of learning disabilities, how they can affect schoolwork, and what living and coping with learning disabilities is like.

Autumn, who struggles with a learning disability and exceeds at wrestling, and Adonis, who is confined to a wheelchair and loves books, learn how their weaknesses can become assets.

Provides an overview of learning disabilities, addresses questions regarding what they are, their causes, how people can overcome learning disabilities, and whether they can be cured, and includes primary source quotes, facts, statistics, a chronology, and other reference information.

Discusses what a learning disability is, types of learning disorders, growing up with a learning disorder, diagnosis and intervention, adults coping with learning disorders, and current trends in research and education.

Children's author Helen Lester describes her life from age three to adulthood and discusses how she writes.