"I totally disagree that the term learning disability should not be used by anyone but the professionals who are working with the child"

That is your experience Carol but my experience is that parents I have known have been devastated to have their children with quite mild specific difficulties in spelling etc - which can occur in people of all abilities - labelled with this particular all encompassing 'label' which has become synonymous with impaired intellectual development in the UK

According to the British Dyslexia Association.

"Dyslexia can occur despite normal intellectual ability and teaching.
It is constitutional in origin, part of one's makeup and independent of socio-economic or language background.
Some learners have very well developed creative skills and interpersonal skills, others have strong oral skills.

Some have no outstanding talents.

All have strengths."

Dyslexia does not confer creativity on people - I only wish that was true - but people with this condition are just ordinary Joes with the usual range of skills who sometimes are quite adept at developing personal strategies in order to cope with study etc.