I Have a Child In Special Education Stories of Experiences

What is there to say?  Smart though I am, I have a defecit.  Namely, my thoughts run slowly.  Often, my voice outruns them.

My son has high functioning Autism. He didn't talk until he was four-and-a-half, and that was with speech therapy. Even then, the monologues kept us from communicating. Everything else was hard won, too. I love my son. He is sweet, and...

When I was growing up in the '80s it was determined that I had ADD/ADHD and a learning disability, Dyscalculia. As a result of this determination, I was considered an ill-fitting cog in the "educational" machine and placed in special...

My daughter now 21 years old was born with Downs Syndrome. She is a joy to have and she had so much energy when she was younger. She would test her teachers and aids and run away from them, and make them catch her. It got to be a...

My daughter is 3 years old and she is autistic. She is on the mild part of the specturm. She goes to ddi school. They help her and other childern same age and older with special needs. She is doing pretty good in that school they are...

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Skyler is also known as my sunshine. Skyler is 9 1/2 yrs old and has Asperger Syndrome which is on the lower end of the Autism spectrum. Along with Asperger's Skyler also has PDD, ADD, ADHD,OCD, and a few other learning disorders. All...

I wanted to do this story annonymous, but there is no way to do so and keep it true to self. So, I guess I'm outing myself on who I am. I didn't want to do that, but couldn't share at the same time. This was my first assignment in...

 
With questions galore.  I would like to meet and communicate with parents who have the same issues.   Is your child getting the help he/she needs?  What avenues can we take to ensure that our children...