Learning disabilities (teens) my story about it.please read ?

Question

I'm 15 years old,I'm usually a happy person, and i no that your path in live can be hard, and that god wouldn't put something your path if he new you couldn't Handel it, another thing about me I have a learning disabilities, I have goals in my life that even some of the most spectacular people may not even get. I'm at a asserter type of school, where a program there is for L.D students(learning disabilities), your class can have no more then 8 students, My math class(grade 9) I was treated like I was in grade 2, I'm not making this up because I remember doing this in gr 2,but we had to count by 50's and we played store. my geo, English, where kinda just like that tough you things as such a younger grade,they would speak to you as if you where"retarded", I haded getting treated soo differently there. People would just stare at you and wonder what was wrong with you? I would tell one of my teachers about my math class about the whole store thing,she thought it was all wrong to because i had friends in grade 10, & they had to work with the area of squares. She said she would talk to my math teacher and she did, but he didn't think it would be good because of the other students where not at my level, but yet since i had the second highest score in the class they didn't want to put me in with a normal math class, my one teacher that was still trying to get me out, She was the only one who tough me as if i was like everyone else, she told me i could accomplish my goal(witch is to go to Harvard)

but she past away soon after that...The teacher that took her place smashed me to the ground, saying I cant accomplish what I want in my life, because he never could.Well I'm a believer in if you want something go for it, nothing is can hold you back.Some people may say you can't do something but only because they never could,needless to say there was more to that year but I was tired of getting treaded in a "asserter way"I'm trying to get in to a different high school , where my classes would be about 20-30 kids like it was in middle school, I just felt like writing and telling some of what my life has been like with a learning disabilities,and how people when they hear that word, that some think"retread",If I offended any one in this at ALL I did not mean to by any bit, I was just saying some of what its like having one, all thought I did leave out lots.

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Answer 1

Yes I know how you feel I'm dyslexic which affects my english. I was always in the support classes in High school which I hated, Everyone treated me like I was some idiot and the teachers, sat right next to me even when I didn't need any help. They all thought i needed help with everything but I didn't. But then when I went to college I was put in a normal class for english because my teacher said I was ok.

And this is a fact some of the kids that are in normal classes are actually more dumb then the ones in the support classes.

I passed all my GCSE's and I did well with my A Levels. There are allot of people out there that think; just because you have a learning difficulty, they think your are an idiot and they think they can walk all over you and tell you what to do. And it's worse if you're shy because no one supports you.  

I'm glad you have spoken out because people cannot do things like that and take advantage of you because it's very wrong. There should be a law on this kind of subject. Because it's like someone is stealing something which is valuble and that is the confidence and they are trying to rule your life.

And everyone still thinks I'm a dumb ******, and they think i need support all the time, I always try to tell them that I'm ok and I don't need any help at all, but then they get all mardy and have ago at me and take me to councellers. No one ever listens to me, because I'm the stupid one apparently There are posters around the country saying everyone has rights, even disabled people have rights. But no one takes this seriously and they think its ok to forget about it and not care that disabled people are being abused by bossy b******s.

Please never listen to all the negative people. If you think you can do something, you shoulden't have to ask permission for it. No one rules your life. You rule it instead.

Answer 2

Don't listen to negative people.  If you can dream it, you can do it.

I am assuming you have an IEP (Individualized Education Plan)?  If not, your parents can write a letter asking for you to be assessmed.  Have your parents make it clear that you are on a "diploma track" and working towards college.  At age 16, the school must include a transition plan in your IEP based on your goal of going to college.  You can also participate in the development of your IEP.

IEP's and the corresponding laws can be very confusing.  For more information, please go to http://www.valleysnafu.com

Answer 3

There is nothing wrong with setting high goals for yourself. Make sure the school has an "individual plan" for your education, then have your parents make sure the school sticks to that plan.

I know it's a hard road for you. Traveling that road is better than giving up. Been there myself. ;-)