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Learning disability: strategies to deal with cognitive, intellectual disabilities Classrooms mirror the diversity of the country – of languages, socio-cultural environments economic and religious backgrounds etc. They are often represented by demanding circumstances like deprived access to / lack of ample information pertaining to health, hygiene, nutrition. It is imperative to keep in mind that these situations also severely impact a child’sdevelopment which, in turn, can reflect in how a student attends to and learns in the classroom. Here are the learning needs that we need to focus on, especially those that are related to the influences and impacts on the brain. We come across several students who are not able to learn or articulate their learning. Many of the student behaviour are not a result of sensory, physical or motor impairments . To identify for many of these cognitive and intellectual impairments, a series of appropriate or standardised tests are needed which ma