Sec. 5. DEFINITION OF SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITY

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## SEC. 5 DEFINITION OF SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITY **[**[42 U.S.C. 1862r-1 note](/us/usc/t42/s1862r-1)**]** In this Act, the term “specific learning disability”— ####

(1)means a disorder in 1 or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, which disorder may manifest itself in the imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or do mathematical calculations; ####

(2)includes such conditions as perceptual disabilities, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, and developmental aphasia; and ####

(3)does not include a learning problem that is primarily the result of visual, hearing, or motor disabilities, of intellectual disability, of emotional disturbance, or of environmental, cultural, or economic disadvantage.

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Sec. 5

DEFINITION OF SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITY

U.S.C.§ 1862r–1

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