Every school, due to government mandate, must provide services for exceptional students. The textbook Human Diversity in Education defines exceptional students as “those who are eligible for special education services” (Cushner, McClelland & Safford, 2011). There are several categories for exceptional students, but they all fall along the Ability/Disability continuum. Some of the categories of exceptional students are: intellectually gifted, specific learning disabilities, emotionally handicapped, deaf, blind, mentally handicapped and physically handicapped. In this article, the specific type of student that will be discussed falls on the disabled side of the continuum. As you can see from the list above, there are various types of disabilities that can affect students. One of the disabilities affecting many students in schools today is known as learning disabilities (LD). Students with learning disabilities, also known as specific learning difficulties, tend to have at least average intelligence. Of at least average intelligence is the key phrase. A learning disability is defined as “a neurological disorder that affects the brain's ability to receive, process, store, and respond to information” (National Center on Learning Disabilities). Learning difficulties can affect students in the areas of listening, speaking, reading, writing and spelling, reasoning and mathematics. A student who has learning difficulties may sometimes suffer from social anxiety. While social anxiety may be something minor, for students with this disability it can cause major problems. Their social anxiety is caused by the fear of not fitting in because they can't understand or process information in the middle of a sheet of paper...having to repeat things for him, find another way to say it, or demonstrate something to him in a way that I can understand. These experiences and a few others help me realize that becoming an educator is something I really want to do. NCLD Resources. (2011). National Center for Learning Disabilities/ld.org. Retrieved from http://www.ncld.org/Cushner, K., McClelland, A., & Safford, P. (2011). Florida Edition, Human Diversity in Education. (7th ed.). McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages. National dissemination center for children with disabilities. Learning difficulties. (2011). Retrieved from http://nichcy.org/disability/specific/ldCarter,E.W., Swedeen, B., Moss, C.K., & Pesko, M.J., (2010). “What do you do after school?” Promoting extracurricular involvement for transition-age youth with disabilities. Intervention in school and clinic, 45(5), 275-283