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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just to be clear

LD usually means learning disability

Learning difference means you learn differently, not due to a diagnosis. Boys learn differently than girls or a student works better in groups than lecture, or prefer lecture to independent study, or many other different ways to learn.[/quote]

In practice people use the terms "learning disability" and "learning difference" interchangeably.  I've never heard the term "learning difference" apply to style or preference of learning, I've only heard it in terms of accommodations, whether or not there's a diagnosis.[/quote]

I had thought that "learning differently" was an updated euphemism for "learning disability" -- that's how I've generally heard it use.  Similar to the use of "differently abled" rather than disabled.  When it's about visual vs. aural learning, or boys vs. girls in terms of pedagogy, I hear people more talk about different "learning styles."

I'm sure people could be using defined terms incorrectly, but that's how I've heard them used.[/quote]

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