Anne Ford —

Anne or Ann Ford, after 1762 Mrs. Philip Thicknesse, was an 18th-century English musician and singer, famous in her time for a scandal that attended her struggle to perform in public... (wikipedia)

Learning disabilities cannot be cured, but they can be treated successfully and children with LD can go on to live happy, successful lives.
I put up a huge wall of denial. It was years before I was able to break through it... accepting that your child has a disability, especially one like LD that cannot be seen or easily diagnosed, is one of the hardest things to come to terms with.
I don't know if we ever fully get over the pain of watching a child trying to find their way through a world that too often doesn't understand.