{"id":3145,"date":"2020-04-28T14:13:24","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T14:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/?page_id=3145"},"modified":"2020-04-28T14:14:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T14:14:28","slug":"what-is-a-learning-disability","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/what-is-a-learning-disability\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Learning Disability?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A learning disability is an umbrella term covering different conditions that affects a young person\u2019s ability to learn.\u00a0 It can be a standalone diagnosis, however it is often part of a diagnosis with a genetic and\/or neurological basis. It is a significant lifelong condition, categorised as mild, moderate or severe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With a learning disability, it is likely that the acquisition of new knowledge and skills will require additional time and support, compared to a young person of the same chronological age.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The level of support that a young person will need in school, will be tapered to their individual needs.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A learning disability is an umbrella term covering different conditions that affects a young person\u2019s ability to learn.\u00a0 It can be a standalone diagnosis, however it is often part of a diagnosis with a genetic and\/or neurological basis. It is a significant lifelong condition, categorised as mild, moderate or severe. With a learning disability, it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/what-is-a-learning-disability\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What is a Learning Disability?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4400,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3145","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4400"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3145"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3149,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3145\/revisions\/3149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}