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'''Language-based learning disabilities''' or LBLD are “[[Heterogenous|heterogeneous]]” disorders associated with young children that affect their academic skills such as listening, [[reasoning]]<ref name="Vinson2006">{{cite book|author= Vinson, Betsy Partin.|title= Language Disorders Across the Lifespan|publisher=Cengage Demar|___location=Belmont|year=2006|isbn= 1418009547}}</ref> speaking, reading, writing, and math calculations. It is also associated with movement, coordination, and direct attention. LBLD is not usually identified until the child reaches school age. Most of the children with this disorder find it hard to communicate, to express ideas efficiently and whatever they say can 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 caused by brain damage<ref>{{cite book|authorname="Vinson2006" Vinson, Betsy Partin.|title= Language Disorders Across the Lifespan|publisher=Cengage Demar|___location=Belmont|year=2006|isbn= 1418009547}}</ref> or a structural development of brain usually at birth. It is often hereditary, and is frequently associated to specific language problems.<ref>http://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/LBLD.htm</ref><br />

There are two types of learning disabilities: non-verbal, which includes disabilities from psychomotor difficulties to [[dyscalculia]], and verbal, language based.<ref>http://www.parentinged.com/learning-disabilities/An-Introduction-To-Language-Based-Learning-Disabilities.html</ref><ref>American Speech-Language-Hearing Association</ref>