If you read about learning disabilities, you will quickly come across the topic of accommodations. There are accommodations at school and at work, at home and at play. Although I haven’t done a study, I am willing to wager that the most common accommodation at school is extra time. This is due to the fact […]
Pushing our limits and accepting them
November 13, 2010 by
All human beings have limits. Learning disabled people may have more severe limits than others. And I am pretty sure that we get told, more often than others, to push our limits. In addition, parents of LD kids get told to push their kids’ limits. Sometimes this is good advice. Sometimes it isn’t.
What if people came with emoticons?
November 7, 2010 by
The internet is great for people like me who have nonverbal learning disabilities. No faces to read, no tones of voice to interpret …. it’s all text. Well ALMOST all. Sometimes people use emoticons, also known as smileys. You know, like 🙂 or 🙁 for smiling and frowning. Wikpedia has a list of emoticons and […]
Box? What box? I don’t see any box!
November 2, 2010 by
Some people think inside the box. They think within rules and parameters set forth by whatever authority exists. Some people think outside the box. They ignore these rules and parameters, and do their own thing. And then some of us don’t see a box. I was in law school for one semester. It didn’t go […]
Lost
July 26, 2010 by
So, a couple weeks ago I went to a friend’s house for dinner. I’ve been there many times before – dozens of times, I think. I got lost. Again.
Getting organized when you are learning disabled
June 24, 2010 by
An alternate title for this piece might be “Getting minimally organized to avoid total chaos”. I am disorganized. I am disorganized in two ways: I am disorganized in space, and I am disorganized in time.
How I got here
June 15, 2010 by
In a comment on my post “Things not to say….” , Michelle asked So really how did you get from not having any friends or dates to having a wife and 2 kids ? Well, the short answer is …. “my peers grew up and so did I (a little)”. But a longer answer is […]
Abled and disabled
June 13, 2010 by
I’m disabled. More specifically, I’m learning disabled. Even more specifically, I have nonverbal learning disabilities. Not differences, disabilities. There are things that virtually all NT people (NT = neurotypical, the acronym for people who think they don’t need one) . A ‘difference’ is something you might choose – more rational or more emotional? More mathematical […]
Drowning in the mainstream
June 12, 2010 by
It’s so enticing. The mainstream. Maybe our children aren’t so different, so unusual. Maybe they are ‘normal’. Maybe they belong in the mainstream. But maybe not. Maybe our goal ought not be a mainstream education but a mainstream life? After all, we will spend about 12 years in elementary and high school, and, if we […]
Interview with DisAbility News & Views Radio
June 8, 2010 by
Here is a 90 minute interview I did with Monica Moshenko in 2006 click on the link below to listen.