This chapter focuses on the characteristics of adults with reading and other specific learning disabilities (SLD). Outcomes are described in the following areas: cognitive characteristics; educational attainments; vocational outcomes; self-perceptions and aspirations; and mental health. Neuroanatomical and neurofunctional studies of individuals with reading disabled (RD) have found evidence in support of left hemisphere deficit. The adults with RD include a group of familial dyslexics and a group from a RD treatment programme. Holliday, Koller & Thomas have examined outcomes in a sample of gifted adults with SLD. When aggressive behaviour and learning problems have been linked during early school years it is chiefly through comorbidity with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Mellard & Hazel recommend that instruction is provided regarding the social skill demands of a variety of settings including secondary school, colleges and the workplace, to improve the chances that the adult with SLD are successful.