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Ok, i think i’m dislexic, my mom is and i think i have a.d.d, but thts totally different. Okay anway, the freakin school won’t test for a learing disability and my dad can’t take me to be tested, neither will my mom. is there anway i can be tested maybe even online (maybe for free). I just need some advice so that i can get the help in need. Oh, the high school i go to says thay won’t test me cause i wasn’t switching things around before when i actually was, cuz i cheated on a lot of tests when i was younger but i need alot of advise Please help!!!
MY PARENTS WON’T TAKE ME TO GET TESTED!!!! AND THE SKOOL WON’T TEST FOR ANYTHING! THIS WOULD HAVE TO BE OUT OF SCHOOL!!!!!

Ask your school or school district’s special ed. department if they have a volunteer educational advocate available, who will advocate for you to be assessed or tested on behalf of your parents.

Volunteer educational advocates / surrogate parents for special ed needs, like me , can be appointed by a parent or legal guardian to act on their behalf in all matters having to do with an IEP ( Individualized Education Program ) , which schools are required by law to provide to all students with a suspected learning disability. A full assessment of the student’s Special Ed needs is the first step in an IEP.

i have always had trouble writing down words. not comprehending and reading, but when i write a word down, a lot of the time i skip letters. like if i write the word "soccer" out i might accidentily write ’soccr" or if i write out the word "learning" i might write "learing". like, its like, in my brain i know how to spell it, but when i write it out a lot of the time i write it wrong! i dont know what to do! is this a type of learning disability?

Hi cate; You need to be tested in order to find out what the difficulty is. There isn’t anyone on YA who can diagnose your problem. I hope you get this looked at soon because it must be enormously frustrating for you. If you’re old enough to come on YA and ask for help, you can certainly ask for help through a school counsellor and ask to be tested. Best of luck. P.S. I know what that’s like. I was diagnosed as retarded in elementary school because I had a lot of problems in my home. I’ve had my I.Q. tested as an adult and I have an high I.Q. Hang in there.

hi i have learing disablities. i was born per mature. and in most of my jobs that i have had all of which were in the resturant and food service. they have said that i am not quick enough for the job. most place’s i have worked at ether fire me or cut my hour back to just a couple of days a week. i was wondering if my have learing disabilities may have an effect of my work perfomance.

I think that you need to find a job in a differnet industry something that does not requre you to work fast. I had a sister who had learning disablities and she found out that she needed to work in a place where she wouldn’t have to be rushed also. so she started to work in a departement store in the childrens clothing department putting the clothes back that were left in the dressing room. As she got better at working there they would give her more responsiblity. See if your parents can help you to do something like that,

which are the high schools in bangalore who admit and support children with Learing Disabilities (Dyslexia)? What are the best educational options for such Children? Where can I get the contact details of Special Educators in Bangalore?

Go to the Bangalore High School and ask them.

My friend said to apply for disability for him. I can do this but I get child support. Would child support get cut from my X? would disability pay more than what I am getting from child support? Would he get disability for life? LD is learing disability.

From my past experience and depending upon the state in which you live, financial assistance can be available if you show the need for the educational and /or physica//mental assistance. I have taught students whose parents are divorced and one is paying child support however, because of the need of the child and because of the law (No Child Left Behind), financial assistance has been available to this parent however, you must have doctor’s proof up the ying-yang to declare that your child suffers from all of these issues. You must show that the additional money is needed to help him with life skills and be prepared to care for himself in the future. It does take extra money because this is way outside of the regular teaching requirements. Specially trained teachers are needed in addition to smaller classroom size and individual attention. I wish you well in your endeavor.

looking for any and all information on learing disability.

Any physical or mental condition that makes it more difficult to learn. There are countless varieties of learning disabilities. Some are treatable, most can be at least partially overcome with treatment and/or effort.

I am looking to see if anyone knows any names of scholorships/Awards/Grants for student/people with an learing disability & if anyone knows of any please post websites of them.

Thank you very much in advance
Within Canada.

Hello how are you? What I suggest you do is use a scholarship search. A scholarship search allows you to create a profile and receive information for all the scholarships that you are eligible to apply for based on your profile description. Scholarshipsupport.com actually has 3 free scholarship searches available right now. I hope this helps. Good Luck!

also my medical doctor told me to just go on ssi but , Im more then capable of working i just cant find a job for me.

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