Just to clarify: I don't see my preferences in learning as a disability or as being better or worse than another learning preference. However, I do see my inability (or reduced ability) to concentrate, to retain information, and to focus as a disability because of the ways in which it held me back academically and musically. It was apparent in elementary school that I had difficulty retaining what I read (still do), but it was not addressed. I managed to come up with ways of doing very well on tests, but the information was committed to short-term memory only.
