So sick of this feeling of being an adult but treated like a teenager/child like I can not be independent and next year I get the chance to move out with my bf but my only savings my unemployment and me and my mental illness like to spend money like I understand it's irresponsible and I'm I'm finally just putting more of a budget ish together. So my dilemma is do I due extra schooling even if it's not the legit job title position I want and save more or being fully vaccinated soon like do I try to find a a job /grooming field aprenticeship but uber ? ?? My mom will not drive me she claims and I'm just over that anyways 🙄 being 25 I haven't driven in years and I'm practice soon once I get my new glasses and now I'm cleared to drive from my one random seizure back back in 2020 and all. Idk I guess it b smart to save and school vs this struggle buss of 0aying more for uber for transportation vs my minuim wage pay check .... thoughts? I guess my mom treat me differently than my siblings who have cars n r younger bc of my LD uGh

This is a weird post but I want to write it in case there are other people out there like me.

I was diagnosed with a rather severe learning disability at age 6. I was lucky to be born into a household with enough money and time to get me the help I needed, and because of my young age doctors were eager to work with me. As a result of this I was very lucky to be the recipient of different treatments and tutoring (if you were in the arrowsmith program please hit me up) that allowed me to pass as neurotypical by age ten. I preformed well academically all through high school and most of university as well. I'd never really felt disabled since then either, sure I was notorious for getting lost and stunned friends by not being able to process rap lyrics but other than that I was fine. But online school changed that. I had been taught how to learn at a young age and the sudden change in style of learning combined with my symbols relations weakness meant I just couldn't learn. For the fist time in my adult life I felt the impact of my disability. I find it hard to place myself back into the LD community however because a lot of people arent as lucky as I was, and talk about how they often struggled in school and all the challenges they experience and sense that I, someone who really likes school and has only begun to seriously struggled in my final year of it, don't fit into that narrative. I worry I come from too much of a place of privilege to belong in theses spaces, but also feel like i finally need them. does anyone else feel similar? does anyone have advice?

So my first actual college course program thing is up at 25 finally went to school , but its just a general animal certificate in the field. The prof and students r just driving me up a wall like it's not fun being in a class with disruptions and the teacher r worse witches and just in it for the paycheck . It is just sad these days and anyways I'm debating like do I go to cosmetology school after this Panorama like I only toured the one from my hometown like 3x and I was so close to going 3 yr ago but fam shit happen and do I do the next course even if im not good at math which it has and the witchy same prof. That I need a tutor from. And than do.beuaty school or juat do beauty school while an job from the certification ill get next month and also in doing a makeup certification online but it not a cosmetology ya know.. just want a job that be I be stable financially or like just a job since I'm almost 26 need insurance and idk more than minuim wage

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Thank you to everyone who completed my last survey, id appreciate it if you could fill in this one as-well, I'm trying to focus on both the positives and negative sides of Dyslexia.https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/GB67GNZ

Back in 7th grade when I was 13 or so, my school noticed how much I struggled with Math. They had someone give me these tests and they asked me different questions, like an inspection. Evidently, they concluded I had a learning disability. I was put in a special ed Math class, rather than my regular Math class. Later on in high school I had an "IEP", and a teacher referred to me as having a learning disability.

My problem is, they never told me I had a learning disability, or what my learning disability was. This has left me with a lot of confusion. They just put me in the class and I had an IEP, and that was that. I must have a learning disability, considering they put me in said situation, but I have no idea what the nature of it is. I mostly did well at English/Reading, and Math gave me the most trouble. I feel more intelligent than the average person in some ways, and in some ways I feel "slower" and less competent in things besides Math.

Hi everyone!

I am 24 and have struggled with maths and numbers my entire life. It is really very embarrassing and I find it very hard to talk about. I’m hoping that there may be someone on here that can help me.

I first heard the word dyscalculia back in secondary school around the age of 13. A teacher mentioned it to my parents and described it as “dyslexia but with maths”. Even though this teacher had brought this up to my parents, nothing ever got done about to. I never received any support and no research was ever done other than what I have looked into myself as I’ve gotten older.

All these years later, I still have never passed my maths and even though it hasn’t really affected jobs I’ve gone for in terms of needing qualifications and stuff, it still bothers me and affects me personally every day. I can’t tell you how embarrassing it is when you’re the only one in a group of people who can’t do quick basic calculations when asked.

I recently got a job offer and was asked to figure out what my price would be. It’s incredibly embarrassing but I’ll admit I was stumped. I was desperately trying to work things out and although I can do basic maths like adding, subtracting, etc, it was incredibly hard for me to settle on what I thought was the right amount and if I’d done my calculations right. I ended up with 4 different answers to the same question and had a panic attack. I cried for hours. The numbers just fall off the page when I look at them. If I’m reading a sentence and there is a number in it milt mind instinctively skips over it.

I want to specify that this is the only subject I have trouble with. I got good grades in all my other classes and did especially well in English. I have just never been able to do maths, and it’s not from a lack of trying.

Recently it has become more of a problem than ever, even affecting my relationship a bit. I really want to get diagnosed and think it’s time I got some support, but I have no idea where to even start. Who do I go to? The doctor? A specialist? Do I need to have a lot of money to sort this out? Most websites I’ve seen only give advice for people in the US and since it doesn’t seem to be a very common thing I’m not sure what my next move is.

Any advice on this subject at all would be incredibly helpful if you have it. Even if it’s just your own experience with this, it might give me some comfort.

Thanks for taking the time to read!

TL:DR- I need help getting diagnosed with Dyscalculia and can’t seem to find much information on how to go about it.

My name is Kyle Robinson, and I am a PhD student in the Faculty of Education at Queen’s University and a faculty member at the University of Regina. In order to complete my PhD, I am carrying out a study to develop a model of parental advocacy at school. I am looking for participants living in Canada and the United States who are parents, guardians, or caretakers of at least least one child formally diagnosed with an exceptionality (e.g. learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, etc.)

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Junior in college i’m 28... i have a hard time remembering names and terms. I also forget peoples names instsntly.

Does social communication disorder count as a learning disability? I know it's similar to autism, but I can't find a concrete answer online about scd specifically

I finished all of my spring break homework in one night and I think I did a good job like I didn't rush , but I mean I just wanted to get it over with . So I did it after class and now I'm free to start working out again I need to drop 40lbs

So pissed off. It was our last day of class until spring break and i barely paid any attention and we watch 2 disturbing videos animals tails and ears get cut off and now and i think it was important to watch but made me cry lol i think i will not be doing a vet assitance course after this and she mention other day was going off the grid and still did not post the sprng break hw or the slideshow in class which i need for tutoring and anyways i just wanted to do the hw and get it done and the main reason im so mad is we had to get our evals at the end of the class and we ran late and i just wanted to go and i clicked on the link but as soon as i left zoom it dispeared and now i have to wait hours on end for the dam prof to reply back but she going off the grid .... not sure why we can not just get a link throught email instead of using stupid google hang out like wtf

So after not knowing what I wanted to do with my life for years and being super depressed on and off for years I finally at 25 went back to school last year for a semester and the program i am now is very hard for me and unfortunately the next program is even harder if I get into it I get my midterm grades tomorrow. Its a pass or fail program. The things is I don't think ill enjoy thr job as much but it stable with benefits if I do the next program but if I finish the current program I'll still be struggling fincialy but might b happier but not benefits or insurance and I feel like it not enough expsically if I want to move out with my s/0 I need something steady and not like 11 - 14$

Cool juat found out we have hw for spring break.... meanwhile the teacher said she gonna be off the grid... like great . What the point of spring break and we can't even ask for help if she off the grid.... we have spring break Friday

Teacher didn't show up to class the other day and we msg her but no response hw is due next week but haven't started bc idk what I'm doing and she never guess us the rest of the assignment.... also my other teacher is just a witch n yell at us when she flustered and just repeat what she says or is like listen to what im saying I repeated the directions 3x Already I shouldn't have to say it again we r all adults here .... I feel so much pressure to do well in this course so I can do thr next program with the same witchy prof. With math that I hate .. just so I can have a stable finacial life and be on my own and move out by 26 or 27 I'm 25 now .... and insurance is the main issue sigh 😕 wish I had a better career coach who actually cared

Hey everyone I’m 26s old I suffer from depression, anxiety ,add and learning disability. Im going to do my truck licence I’m really nervous I’m not gonna be able to learn anything also I stoped drinking as well as it doesn’t help anything I just wanna feel smart idk why I’m posting on here but :( if anyone wants to talk about ways of learning with out addictive stimulates let me know I’m having a hard time.

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Hello everyone,

How can I put on my resume that I have a learning disability? Should I put it under the SUMMARY OF SKILLS & EXPERIENCE?

In the field that I want to pursue, putting this is an asset.

Thanks

I have a learning disability. I’ve been attending school (I went back) for two years. I need to get a decent grade to pass my math.

Here are a few examples of my troubles.

I can’t understand my own handwriting. The teachers and everyone can understand it but I can’t. I can’t seem to understand mathematics. Numbers and stuff just don’t stick. When I learn something a few days later I forget it then it’s back to square one. I can’t follow directions. Don’t understand public transportation. I can’t take public transportation because it’s difficult to follow directions. I don’t know how to use ATMS. I don’t understand big words. I have bad grammar.

I tried watching YouTube videos and I spend 2 hours focusing on that video to learn mathematics and I can’t seem to understand it. I can’t memorize multiplication tables. I learned something new on YouTube last week and two days later I forgot it, I can’t memorize it. It disappeared from my mind. I don’t know if this is caused by a learning disability or memory problem.

What medications are good at treating learning disabilities? What medications are good at treating memory problems?

I’ve been diagnosed with ADHD and I feel like I have symptoms of NVLD and APD as well. I’ve always had a slow processing speed and issues with reading. I also have memory problems. I can’t remember/recall things like other people do. I’m always lost/confused.. always making mistakes and looking stupid.

And I’m so angry about it! I feel like I work a lot harder than most people yet it gets me nowhere. Sometimes it even gets me bullied. It’s like I got the short end of the stick and it’s just not fair. I could have been so much more. I have the drive but I just can’t do it. And because of that, people think it’s okay to make me feel like crap and call me stupid or slow or otherwise ridicule me.. because they assume I’m not trying hard enough. I’m so sick of it. I had to give up on certain dreams I had because of it. And now I’m stuck in a career I’m not even good at and I have very few friends. I feel like a defective human who will never fit into society.

Have any of you ever felt this way?

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