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'''Language-based learning disabilities''' or '''LBLD''' are "[[Heterogenous|heterogeneous]]" neurological differences that can effectaffect skills such as listening, [[reasoning]], speaking, reading, writing, and maths calculations.<ref name="Vinson2006">{{cite book|author= Vinson, Betsy Partin.|title= Language Disorders Across the Lifespan|publisher=Cengage Demar|___location=Belmont|year=2006|isbn= 1-4180-0954-7}}</ref> It is also associated with movement, coordination, and direct attention. LBLD is not usually identified until the child reaches school age. Most people with this disability find it hard to communicate, to express ideas efficiently and what they say may be ambiguous and hard to understand<ref>M.B. Aria. Learn How To Be A Better Parent And Raise Healthy Happy Children</ref>

It is <ref name="Vinson2006" /> a neurological difference. It is often hereditary, and is frequently associated to specific language problems.<ref name="asha.org">{{cite web | url= http://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/LBLD.htm|title=Language-Based Learning Disabilities (Reading, Spelling, and Writing) | publisher=American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) | accessdate=August 16, 2016}}</ref><br />

There are two types of learning disabilities: non-verbal, which includes disabilities from psychomotor difficulties to [[dyscalculia]], and verbal, language based.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.parentinged.com/learning-disabilities/An-Introduction-To-Language-Based-Learning-Disabilities.html | title=An Introduction To Language Based Learning Disabilities | work=www.parentinged.com | accessdate=August 16, 2016}}</ref><ref>American Speech-Language-Hearing Association</ref>