Currently, individuals with mental and physical disabilities are increasingly added to the diverse population of higher education institutions. In 1978, the number of full-time freshmen with disabilities was 2.6 percent, but as of 1998, the number of individuals with disabilities rose to 9 percent. The most common and fastest growing disability classification, learning disability, reported by freshmen was 41% in 1998 (Education Encyclopedia, 2010). Higher education institutions recognize that a substantial portion of students may experience difficulties that meet the criteria for learning disabilities, and the collection of collaborative services recommended to such individuals is increasing. Help ranges from counseling programs to modifications such as instruction tapes or extended testing time (Fiske, 2009). According to Hutton (2010), learning disabilities are considered a set of syndromes that affect an individual's ability to acquire knowledge at a given time. expected rate. Students with disabilities have difficulty receiving, processing, or communicating information. It is important to work with these individuals to assess and assist their ability to function at various levels. Categories of learning disabilities include the following: • Auditory problems understanding information acquired through listening • Physical problems with motor dexterity and spatial associations. Dyspraxia is a general type. • Numerical problems with quantity, value, instance, sequence and other mathematical theories. Dyscalculia is a general class. • Speech reading problems in the areas of detecting, interpreting, or conceiving words, whether wordlessly or audibly. Dyslexia is an example. • Problems written with… half the paper… convenience they offer (Thomas, 2000). Individuals with disabilities increasingly enter various types of higher education institutions and profit from them. from this experience. Many institutions provide assistance to advance the achievement of students with documented disabilities.ReferenceEducation Encyclopedia. (2010). University students with disabilities: special learning needs. Retrieved from http://www.answers.com/topic/college-students-with-disabilities-special-learning-needs?sms_ss=emailFiske, E. B. (2009). Fiske Guide to Colleges 2009. Naperville, IL. Sourcebooks, Inc. Hutton, J. (2010). Learning disabilities defined. Retrieved from http://www.alleducationschools.com/faqs/special-education-disabilities.phpThomas, S.B. (2000). University students and disability law. Retrieved from http://www.ldonline.org/article/6082.