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I can't read it's hard to go through life I can't Pass my tests idk what to do anymore Idk even know if I can get a job because of this I tried and tried to read but it's not working

How do I use my accommodations on my drivers test? I am having trouble passing test because of my learning disability. I have a hard time focusing and it's always so loud there and that distracts me and I overthink and then I have a hard time remembering what I studied. I live in the state of Indiana and I am 18 incase someone knows how to help me.

Hi everyone,

I am looking for participants for a dyslexia study looking at what it’s like to study at university with dyslexia in the UK. I am interested in talking to anyone with a diagnosis of dyslexia who is currently studying full-time, or has graduated in the past five years. The research will involve me interviewing you online at a convenient time for you and is a chance for you to talk about what has worked for you? or not worked? and anything else that you think is important.

Please contact me here or by email at brookc2@coventry.ac.uk if you are interested and for more details. This research has been approved by Coventry University Ethics Committee, reference P139935.

I would love to hear from you. Thank you.

There will be different sections to the interview. Initially I will ask you about any learning challenges you have experienced and any impact this has had on academic participation. Secondly, I will ask you what your strengths and coping mechanisms for accessing learning are. Thirdly I will ask what learning support was available to you through university and how you accessed it, before a fourth section asking you which curricular adjustments you view as most beneficial. Lastly, I will ask you for your ideas or recommendations for how your learning environment could be improved. I will finish by checking whether there is anything that you want to discuss or talk about in more detail.

We are pretty sure my 11 year old has some type of learning disorder. We have had a horrible time getting support or even basic info from schools in the past. Her teachers just brushed everything off. We moved to a new, private school this year, and they suggest testing.

She can't spell well, even simple words, and says she can't hear the difference between blended sounds. She can read just fine, but has some reading comprehension trouble (that may be lack of practice as her old school didn't emphasize this at all). We are thinking an auditory processing disorder or some type of dyslexia.

We have called around and have been told everything from She needs a full neuropsych to specific tests that just look at learning disabilities. Can anyone shed light on the difference and which we might need? There us a huge cost and time difference, but we want to be sure we are getting the right thing.

Thanks.

Did anyone have a neuropsychological evaluation to be dx as an adult?

Usually, I can write fairly well, but lately, I've been having a little bit of trouble organizing my thoughts and structuring my writing correctly. The conventional advice is to just keep writing and look at good examples of writing, but I'm not sure I learn best that way.

If there are any books on how to structure writing, such as how to write descriptive paragraphs and things like that, I think those would be good for me. I feel like I need something to reach for when my mind isn't showing me what to do.

I was diagnosed with ASD (provisional) and schizoaffective disorder. I've read that schizophrenia sometimes has a component of cognitive decline, and the medicine used to treat it can affect memory and cognition.

I feel hopeless, ashamed, and restricted because of my learning disabilities. I'm working on processing these emotions and developing a healthier mindset. I hate to say it, but I've given up for a few years and have been working jobs that make me feel bored and restless. I don't know what, but I want to do something with my life. Please tell me there's hope? Will you share your success stories with me?

I (28F)have had a really tough life cause of my LD, due to that I go in a really dark place mentally any time I mess something up. Special Ed teachers never gave me the time of day and I got fired from multiple jobs in my adult life for not learning quick enough. I have an amazing stable front desk job now that I love. Sometimes at work I just don’t understand what clients or employees are trying to explain to me (I have a processing LD). It’s just so humiliating when people are explaining something to me over and over again and I’m still not understanding it. I can do my job for the most part, people actually think I’m really good at it. Those moments are just so terrible and usually lead me to having to step away and cry in the bathroom. It happens on average once a week, sometimes more sometimes less. Before you suggest therapy, any time I try and talk about it therapists are like nahh you’re smart and then I’m somehow just supposed to be cured from that. I’ve tried affirmations and they don’t work. I think sometimes people don’t take my struggles seriously cause I’m very analytical and can mask well. Even when I got tested to get into special Ed I was above average in some areas but way below in others. Has anyone struggled with something similar or have any advice as to how to function as an adult with an LD? Should I tell people at work or keep it to myself? I’m so tired of feeling like an idiot.

I have had a 504 (that’s barely followed by staff), but I did not qualify for a learning disability before. Now in high school, I’ve been struggling more than ever, but I don’t want to be quick to think I just have a learning disability and blame it on that.

I’m strictly only asking to reassure myself to get tested again, not to be diagnosed

It annoys me so much sometimes i be forgetting where I put stuff and than forget what i was going to do that shit really pisses me off I would put my keys down lets say in the idk bedroom than boom I go clean up than when im done i be forgetting where I put it than ill start freaking the fuck out and than ill remember at the last mf second or minuet i be forgetting what I was going to do today I remember getting up and I was heading twords the kitchen i was supposed to get something than I forget

For as long as I remember I have had such a hard time comprehending what I am reading unless I read out loud. I am in grad school currently and every time I read a textbook I have to read it out loud. Same goes with reading for pleasure.

I am taking a professional exam soon that is live proctored and we aren’t allowed to talk. I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was 16 but had adverse reactions to every one of the medications we tried so I am not medicated for it. I also have OCD which I am medicated for.

Is this something that could be related to ADHD and that I could get an accommodation for? Or is this just a quirky personality trait? I’m really worried about passing this exam if I can’t read the questions out loud to process them.

Thanks!

I was diagnosed with dyslexic dysgraphia (and ADHD) when I was a kid, and it effected me greatly. I heard that ot was taken off of the list of learning disabilities. Why, though? If I'm mistaken, please let me know.

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Has anyone here been diagnosed with a learning disability as an adult - and do you think it was worth it or is it more helpful for children and adolescents in school?

What housing/living options would there be for those with disabilities that don't need nursing care but need a live in person like host parent or caretaker in the United States. Can be covered from private or state asistance?

I told him I would buy him a game if he would read a book I picked, but I'm trying to pick a book he would be interested in and spark his interest. He has a reading disability (I'm not sure what) where he would auto-corrects words he doesn't know to words he recognizes and doesn't try to sound them out. I really want him to be able to learn and get past this. Any advice?

He's very interested in SCP and Friday Night Funkin when he watches youtube. Any advice would be appreciated.

I’m looking for a social service organization or a workforce firm that works to help place people with disabilities particularly those with learning or neurodevelopment disabilities into work roles in information technology. Please share places that you know of.

Hi,

I hope everyone is having a good day.

On November 12, 2022 a public forum was hosted on learning disabilities, ADHD and autism, organized by the Manitoba Liberals and Inspire Community Outreach.

My name is Tomas Ponzilius - one of the speakers at this forum.

I want to share this video for those who could not attend:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBGLACq8Jm8&ab_channel=ManitobaLiberalCaucus

If anyone is interested in helping with this ongoing effort please direct message me, or contact Jon Gerrard MLA for River Heights at info@jongerrardmla.ca

Thank you all for your continued support!

Tomas

So I have a daughter who is in any town USA getting a degree in XYZ and is a Sophomore. My conflict is that her school has a disabilities center, has documents proving her disabilities yet she is catching flack from 1 professor and kids on a group project. I’m wondering if other parents/caregivers are having this issue and what actions they take. We did our due diligence, sought guidance from HS mentors and yet they said what we wanted to hear and were looking for. Mutual respect will be appreciated.

So a few days ago my mom got a new iphone and she was trying to put in the SIM card and so she needs to put it in the little slot thing and than put it in the phone omfg I put it in the first time but than she got another iphone for my sister for Christmas so i had to do it again but I couldn't get it ...she than calls me an idiot 😑 that shit hurts so much

Moving up at work? continuing school? Applying for a job you would love? Bring independent? It has for me for all the above. I've tried to work around and push through my learning disorders but my physical health worsens everytime.

Hello, I am an adult living in Japan. I was diagnosed here, and some terms used here might be different than other countries. I have extreme trouble with processing what I see, but good/ above average verbal processing /memory. I believe some countries use the term `Non Verbal Processing Disorder.` My official diagnosis paper says that I have a `cognitive disorder,` `autism spectrum,` executive functioning disorder,` and dyscalculia. When I took the WAIS test, I scored less than the first percentile for visual skills, which is considered to be profoundly disabled in those skills.

I would love to hear your advice on basic self care. It takes me most of the day just to feed myself properly/ clean the house. So most of the time, I do not properly feed myself. Yes, I am eating. However, I have very poor taste and smell, coordination makes food prep difficult, and just figuring out what to eat and then physically buying it is such a challenge. I have lived alone for almost twenty years, and sometimes still cry over the fact that I have to eat everyday. I have tried so many different systems of meal planning, having groceries delivered, etc. Ready made meals are not common here, and the available companies are way too expensive for me.

Either I properly do my job, or I properly look after myself. Recently, I have properly done neither. I have no family in Japan. For various cultural reasons, asking people I know to help me shop and prepare food is not something that I can do. I have had a Japanese disability card (there is an actual card that you can apply for, and if you qualify, you can get discounts on public transportation and other services.) for some years.

Basically, I just have very few food items that I like. I want to eat more than just `junk food,` so I try to eat nutriously.

Is anybody here with similar challenges feeding themself well? I think that I am going to just have to deal with the fact that feeding myself is arduous and unpleasant.

I am seeking games, techniques, ideas, anything anyone has to offer when it comes to teaching new words/topics to adults with disabilities or adults sho cannot read/write. How do you test them?

Hello wonderful people, I'm worried that my sister might be dyslexic. I'm autistic and ADHD and I really do not want her to go through what I did in school due to being undiagnosed. We live in the United States.

My sister is 4 years old, 5 years in January. She has difficulty recognizing letters, and can't read as far as I'm aware. When trying to write, sometimes she flips letters backwards. She was a bit slow to start talking, and she was recommended help for it in one of the doctors appointments I've been at. Eventually she learned to speak, and she actually has a pretty good vocabulary, but she still can't read and her speaking vocabulary doesn't translate into writing. Am I right to be concerned? I don't want her to experience being undiagnosed for a disability like me.

this is embarrassing to admit, but i’m 20 and i never learned how to count money. my education wasn’t that great and my parents weren’t able to help and math just never made sense to me

i have fake money that i’ve been trying to count and for the most part i’ve got it down. sometimes i’m a little off though, i think coins are the hardest for me

i downloaded a kids cashier game and it shows you the total and it makes a lot more sense, but when i try to count to total with the fake money, i’m always off. will the game help me learn more or should i just stick to the fake money?