Some children with color vision problems are labeled "learning-disabled" if they can't follow instructions.

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He had grown attracted to the specialty after fighting for his learning-disabled child.

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Others were first called learning-disabled, mentally retarded or mentally ill.

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The proportion of learning disabled students among all disabled students more than doubled, from 22 percent in 1976-77 to 45 percent in 1996-97.

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