It drives me fucking bananas as someone with a learning disability when someone says “just study harder.” Like I’m not already doing everything I possibly can to stay afloat. I’m already on the verge of mental collapse, if I do any more I’ll fall apart. I’m not capable of studying any harder, Karen!
come on, everybody still counts on their fingers to add and substract smaller numbers, right? And then for bigger numbers everyone has to look it up or just die basically, yeah?
I decided to write a bit about learning disabilities and my opinions on how they are handled in schools. I handwrote it as a demonstration of how my dysgraphia still affects my writing, but I also typed up a translation for anyone who might have trouble reading that.
I have depression,adhd,dyscalculia and auditory possessing disorder, if it weren't for my friends and my better than average teachers i don't know how i would've survived school. It's hard having to make significantly more effort to do things other kids my age find easy to do and still feel like you're not doing your best , but now i realize that my best will never look like a neurotypical's best and that's ok. I'm different then most people so why should i try to act like I'm not ?
As someone who is somewhat of a “veteran” of the online ND community, I’m disappointed in the lack of positivity and love for lesser known diverse cognitive conditions, and the opposing abundance of posts about “cures” or outdated criteria or treatments for those conditions. So, without further ado, I want to say hello to anyone with any of the disorders I’m listing, and give them the love and support that hardly anyone else in our community has… Shoutout to:
People with Down syndrome
People with Fragile X
People with William’s syndrome
People with dyslexia
People with dyspraxia
People with dyscalculia
People with dysgraphia
People with Prader-Willi syndrome
People with PANS or PANDAS
People with aphasia
People with a TBI (traumatic brain injury)
People with chronic/early onset mental illnesses
People with cerebral palsy
People with FASD or were otherwise disabled via other substances in utero
And many, many more I may have forgotten to list (but still support and love, I will add more to my list)
You are all beautiful and wonderful, and you all deserve so more love, appreciation, acceptance and support. You are just as neurodiverse as the rest of us, and your voices deserve to be heard and amplified.
I love you all ❤️
*trying to dial a phone number off the computer screen* "Okay... Ends in 456...456...456..."
*gets wrong number tone. Dialled 456...checks computer screen...says 456... double checks...ends in 465*
"Damn it."
*asked simple maths, and counts on fingers to double check. Gets answer wrong*
*squints at analogue clock to understand what time is it, counting each number carefully*
*sweats when asked to count money*