Is adhd a type of learning disability?

No: Adhd (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) is one of multiple conditions causing learning disability. A good number of children with adhd show improvement in their school performance with proper treatments.

No: The problems of attention & activity lumped into the lables add and adhd are considered a separate issue from learning disabilities. The majority of affected patients do not have LD and trouble caused by lack of focus improves under treatment. That said, about 40% of kids with add/adhd have concurrent LD issues.Individualized testing of all add/adhd kids is part of their proper workup.

Actually, hmmm: Not in a strict medical sense, no. But a major problem with adhd kids is their inability to process information efficiently, be attentive to it, and inhibit extraneous stimuli. This combination usually leads to academic ineptitude or failure by high school. Many inattentive adhd kids are called LD for this reason, when in fact they are adhd. Ld can also occur as comorbidity with adhd.

Effectively, yes.: Unless effectively treated, adhd almost always adversely affects learning capabilities and academic performance.

1 yes, 3 no's: Adhd is not a learning disability under idea, 2004, a public law which does not define the core features nor the origins of sld. Adhd can impair reading, math & written expression even without sld. Under section 504 of the rehabilitation act 1973 & the ada 2008, students with adhd without significant academic deficiencies can receive educational services. So, documented adhd confers eligibility.

No: While ADHD is a cause of impaired performance in school, it is not considered a learning disability.