Learning Disorders And Yoga

Back to articles list

Although people who have disorders such as ADHD and autism may very well also possess learning disorders, these types of disorders don't belong in the learning disability category. Learning disorders can range from reading disorders such as dyslexia, to learning disorders that disallow from the comprehension of mathematics such as dyscalculia.

Those individuals who are plagued with learning disorders are not always of high or low intelligence, though presence of both ends of the spectrum are quite possible. Also, persons who are born with learning disorders are not necessarily born with an inability to learn. Instead they only possess processing impairment, such as an auditory impairment or visual impairment that makes their ability to learn from routine ways of teaching particularly difficult.

Although learning disorders can weaken a person's ability to learn, the damage they do often falls into deeper crevices. Some people, especially children, with learning disorders may have severe self-esteem issues, as well as anger problems, behavioral problems and also the desire to quit things like school or extracurricular activities.

The treatment of learning disorders will vary from person to person. Different disorders will require different treatment options and even then, therapy must be determined on an individual basis: what works for one person with dyslexia will not work for another. However, yoga, because it does not focus on the disability but on the person, can benefit a variety of people with a variety of learning disorders.

People who do yoga tend to feel better about themselves and the world around them