If you have a documented learning disability, make sure to notify the office of disabled students services at your school to receive reasonable accommodations as required by law. Reasonable accommodations might include use of a computer during some exams, readers for tests, in-class note-takers, extra time for assignments and tests, and use of audio textbooks, depending on need and the type of disability.

Anyone who is diagnosed with a learning disability is in good company. Pop star Jewel, Olympic gold medal swimmer Michael Phelps, actor Patrick Dempsey, and CNN news anchor Anderson Cooper are just a few of the famous and successful people who have diagnosed learning disabilities. Here is a final important message: A learning disability is a learning difference but is in no way related to intelligence. Having a learning disability is not a sign that you are stupid. In fact, some of the most intelligent individuals in human history have had a learning disability.