I'm currently trying to help the daughter-of-my-heart through all that.
She's bad dyslexic and has attention problems. The school system just warehoused her for 12 years instead of trying to teach her.
When we go to the corner store she hands the clerk a handful of change because she'd rather look like a jerk than like she's stupid.
We went to the gym and were riding the exercise bikes and she just stopped peddling. I asked what was wrong and she said she just zoned out.
With her special-ed school records we got her tested for learning disabilities. The lady told me she definitely had some but we haven't heard back from rehabilitative services yet.
All we want is for her to be able to go to school and get training for a job that's not totally dead-end. Maybe therapy or something. She's really good with graphics programs (as long as she doesn't put the text on it). I don't want to see her as a hotel maid or something for the rest of her life.
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Date: 2008-05-28 02:24 pm (UTC)She's bad dyslexic and has attention problems. The school system just warehoused her for 12 years instead of trying to teach her.
When we go to the corner store she hands the clerk a handful of change because she'd rather look like a jerk than like she's stupid.
We went to the gym and were riding the exercise bikes and she just stopped peddling. I asked what was wrong and she said she just zoned out.
With her special-ed school records we got her tested for learning disabilities. The lady told me she definitely had some but we haven't heard back from rehabilitative services yet.
All we want is for her to be able to go to school and get training for a job that's not totally dead-end. Maybe therapy or something. She's really good with graphics programs (as long as she doesn't put the text on it). I don't want to see her as a hotel maid or something for the rest of her life.