Learning disabilities can show up in many ways such as, specific difficulties with spoken and written language, coordination, self-control, or attention. Some people, may have overlapping learning disabilities. Other people may have a single, isolated learning problem that has little or no impact on other areas of their lives. It is important to know that not all learning problems are necessarily learning disabilities .
Many children are simply slower in developing certain skills.
Because children show natural differences in their rate of development, sometimes what seems to be a learning disability may simply be a delay in maturation. By law, learning disability is defined as a significant gap between a person's intelligence and the skills the person has achieved at each age. Although know one really knows exactly why, there have been some specific learning disabilities associated with classic galactosemia. Unfortunately, there are no firm numbers to quantify the percentage of galactosemics who experience learning disabilites. It is important to know that not all children with galactosemia have learning disabilities.