People with Duchenne's and other muscular dystrophies: is there anything you wish your teacher had known?
Hello, everyone. I am a teacher's assistant at a public school (not in the US) and I have been assigned with helping meet a child with Duchenne's (DMD) educational needs. He is in early middle school, and, just for background, I am NOT going to be responsible for things such as self-care, helping him go to the bathroom, and etc. - there is another professional responsible for that. My job is to help him with his educational needs, such as helping the class teacher have class activities that are accessible to him, work on issues that might interfere in his education (such as low academic self esteem, for example), and the like.
I have been doing some research on people with DMD's school trajectories, but I would also like to hear from as much people with DMD as possible. So, is there anything you wish you could tell your middle school teacher, or that you wish they had known? You can reblog, reply, put it in the tags, DM me, send me an ask, whatever you want.
Thank you in advance for your help!
Would appreciate if people could signal boost
ETA: to be clear, I haven't met him yet; I will tomorrow
