Definition of "learning-disabled" [learning-disabled]

• Having a learning disability: programs for learning-disabled students. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Other characters who soon appear include Chase, a learning-disabled student with a genius for spatial relationships; Gabe, an awkward kid who likes theater but slowly realizes that computer programming is more exciting; and Andrew, a cellist who saves the day by turning out robot parts on the school lathe."
• "Arrowsmith, a woman who fixed her own brain, and the journey of three learning-disabled boys who spent a year at her "brain bootcamp" in an effort to change the brain they were born with."
• "Fixing My Brain also follows the courageous journey of three learning-disabled boys as they face the challenges of re-wiring their brains."