Einstein and Me

Learning disabilities are life-long disorders which affect the manner in which individuals, often of normal or above average intelligence, select, retain and express information. Since learning disabilities do not affect physical appearance, they are sometimes referred to as "hidden handicaps." This program features a panel of teens and younger students who speak candidly about how they discovered their learning disability, the difficulties they endured and the programs that helped them to cope. An understanding teacher can help a student who needs to work in a different manner since, for learning disabled students, incoming or outgoing information may become scrambled as it travels between the senses and the brain. This video fosters an optimistic outlook for these children and explains their special needs. Recommended. Aud: E, I, J, H, P. (C. Dratch-Kovler)