#learningdisabilities

[heenabled]

New episodes of HEnabled are out! Sometimes marketing with a disability can be tough so excuse the VERY belated post 😅 The following episodes are now out:

Pad's Story: Navigating university with a new ASD diagnosis.

Sam's Burning Questions: My friend Sam does not have any disabilities but wanted to learn more about disability in a judgement-free environment; I gave him a platform to do so in this episode.

Marie-France's Story: Getting reasobable adjustments in both university and internships with a late ADHD diagnosis.

You can listen to the show on Spotify here or wherever you get your podcasts! I would love to know what you think. A new episode will be out this Sunday!

[goodgriefgoodlife]

PhD Study: Neurodivergence & Grief

Hello, my name is Ally, I am a PhD student researching neurodivergent experiences of grief. I also am autistic and have ADHD too. I will be looking at publicly available posts on neurodivergent experiences of grief as part of a study I am currently running and wanted to let you know of this, as if you have any content you do not want me to look at, just let me know in a comment below, by emailing me, or using an opt out form (linked here and on my blog). If you want any more information, feel free to contact me or to check out the document explaining this study in more detail (linked here and on my blog).

[dmnsqrl]

Posted @withregram • @neurodivergentmum Resilience is not borne out lack of accommodations. #autism #adhd #dyslexia #dyscalculia #dysgraphia #learningdisabilities #learningdifferences #autistic #actuallyautistic #adhdadult #invisibledisability #disability #reasonableaccommodation #resilience #trauma #support https://www.instagram.com/p/CR4_3ghjVfMK02EGrEvOxGXiwKskX8DTyWLQgg0/?utm_medium=tumblr

[tornunderwear]

My mother really takes pride in the fact that she 'made' my sister a 'normal' person despite the school telling her my sis was a special needs student. "Look how mom made you into what you are today." She really expects my sister to be grateful when all she did, was abuse her and force her to attend a 'normal' school.

Taboo surrounding mental illness and disability is a major problem in India, the idea is, "What will people say." Instead of, "This is the best thing for my child." Here, "special schools" are an educational institution *only* for people with Downs syndrome. And then too, its, "Her poor parents, the child is *r-word*".

When it's an 'invisible' disability, then the parents think it's fine to force the child to attend a normal school, where this 'invisible' disability becomes hyper visible, because in the end, the parents will act like everything is fine, and "My child is only weak in studies." but the people in the school, the faculty and especially the students will definitely notice. Then too, the faculty will ignore it and the other students will bully the person, most times, the teachers too add to the bullying.

[nonfictionacademic]

Deserving Grad School

I thought since I was struggling with this a bit, I figured others would be as well.

A little background....

As a kid I almost always underperformed. No score, grades or feedback ever reflected my true worth and ability as a student. (undiagnosed learning disabilities are a bitch am I right?).

In elementary school I didn't read until the end of 2nd grade and was behind in math. All my teachers (who were mean and closed minded) thought I was stupid and I ended up repeating 4th grade.

In middle school I excelled in English far above my grade, but my ES instructor wanted to see more overall well-rounded scores so they only focused on that element.

In junior year of high school because of Spanish, Chemistry and Algebra 2, I had a 2.9 GPA and felt worthless as a person. I was completly convinced I wouldn't ever get into a good college. In senior year without those classes holding me back and with AP English and AP Bio, my GPA was 3.9.

My first exam score in college was a 90% which blew my mind. I actually at this point in time did not believe I had the intellect to ever attain a 90 on an exam and went to my professor to check she had done the right calculations.

Anyway, kids who have struggled in academics with learning disabilities are always written off. They start believing they won't amount to anything substantial because they beleive their grades reflect their worth as a human being. I was that kid. I was always used to underperforming and not suceeding to the standard I wanted to meet. Did I have a foundational flaw?

Now I got into a top grad program with an 11% acceptance rate on scholarship. It's difficult to wrap my head around the fact I deserve it. I almost can't beleive it because things like this dont happen to people like me. The weird ADHD Dyslexic? Please. You must be joking. Adjusting to the belief that I belong in a graduate academic space is difficult. There was always something wrong about me, but not anymore. I did it all by myself even when everyone said I couldnt, and thats the most important thing.

[paisleypat]

Sarah, Annie, Joanne and Tracey are members of Project 49, Southend, Essex. They excelled themselves by creating small painted tiles. The project was called The Tunnel and the quarter of a square that they designed was duplicated and rotated to form a complete square which was then made into a repeat pattern and printed on cotton. Here are some examples of their work. Well done class! There is also a pic of Sarah working on her Australia design for our “Countries” project. (tutor: Patrick Moriarty - PaisleyPower.com)

[teeberrymarshmallows]

I get why people with learning disabilities might have a higher creative Mindset. It's because our mind wanders to the places it's not supposed to. We get distracted with literally everything. Then some of us look deeper into space that we don't usually do . Which we didn't know we were going to explore. Maybe that's what they mean when people(I've heard artists say this tbh) say that you should have a wider perspective than of that you are used to...

[yesyourstalker]

Me * looking at memes while simultaneously having a mental breakdown and wiping away tears every few seconds