EC Neurology

There’s a lacunae in research on neuropsychological domains of Learning disability (LD) which includes cognitive, social, behavioural and academic performance as well as the assessment and diagnostic criteria. A case of a 14 year old boy with academic difficulties is presented. Neuropsychological assessment was done which showed impairment in executive functioning, immediate and delayed verbal memory, working memory, verbal comprehension, perceptual reasoning, processing speed, spatial relations, receptive and expressive language despite having an IQ of 85 on a global scale. Mild dyslexia was indicated with difficulties in punctuation, spelling errors, handwriting, spacing of words, positioning and placing of alphabets, and LD was diagnosed. Borderline score was observed on depressive and thought problems, whereas a clinical score was obtained on social problems, engagement in activities, school competence, passivity, cyclothymia, and indifferent social desirability.

 Keywords: Learning Disability; Neuropsychology; Cognition; Healthcare; Disability

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