am i "learning disabled" ?

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just wondering if im classed as being learning disabled.
i was going to ESPA (education services for pepole with autism) which is a college just of autistic. but they need funding and for me to be going there i need to have "tried a couple of other colleges first" altough the school i went to therw me out, same with mainstream college.

anyway these pepole came to see me saying there from a place called "mencap dilston college" and i know mencap as being a major charity in the UK for the suverely learing disabled. here is a link about the support they do - http://www.mencap.org.uk/what-we-do/our ... ge/support

im confused because i was once told im not learining disabled at all, and i got gave a booklet showingthe place, and it says in the book thats its for "moderate to suvere learning disabled" when the man and woman were at my house they said "i defeinitly fit the criteria and are alot like other students they teach" they said it definitly would be a good choise for me, they say they provide speech and launge therapy, other therapy, sensory therapy, etc..
they also said they provide teaching for each individual needs.
i actualy dont have a OT ... so i dont get any therapy other than very few art therapy appointment.

am i learning disabled because im autisic?

Not nessasarily. You can have autism without having a learning disability (and vice versa).

I can't answer if you are learning disabled. Both colleges seem to offer very similar things. If you can, visit both colleges and decide based on that which you feel would work best for you ... don't worry too much about their labels.

i consider my ASD a learning disability regarding social functioning. however, i think yellow banana has the right idea.

I think a lot of it depends on who you talk to. Some class Autism (any type, I think) as a learning disability. I remember on a forum some years ago, a parent was rather upset that his son with HFA / AS was classed as having mental health problems by social services; and not a learning disability. (something about IQ)

I have a different learning style so I am considered as having a learning disability. Plus it's been noted in one of my IEPs from third grade that my learning disability is severe. I always thought it was mild because I don't have the same struggles as other learning disabled folks. But then again learning disability doesn't always mean learning things like with reading and writing or with math and with learning things in school and doing school assignments. It can be with behavior or with social skills, self help care, anger problems, emotional problems and sometimes ADHD is considered one because it effects learning. Sometimes autism is considered it too and so is mental retardation.

You can be learning disabled AND autistic. Or, you can be only autistic.

They are not anything to be ashamed of.