Comments on: Emotional Wounds Thesaurus: Suffering From A Learning Disability

By: Barbara

Barbara — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 04:19:18 +0000

Sometimes being classified in school as learning disabled causes unforeseen problems. My son was diagnosed with ADD (no hyperactivity). He needed to be in special classes because he couldn’t focus in a large classroom and stay on task, but during his testing, the psychologist told us he was one of the most intelligent kids he had ever come across. Unfortunately, the school system he was in had a rule that learning disabled students could “graduate” from high school, but they couldn’t earn Carnegie Units. In other words, their high school diploma would be useless. It didn’t matter that my son was doing grade-level work and passing. Being intelligent, he figured that out quickly and wanted to drop out. Numerous meetings with the principal and school board members were useless. Finally, we had to move to another school district where he would be allowed to graduate with a real diploma. Unfortunately, he had to repeat his first year to regain the Carnegie Units he wasn’t allowed to have at the first school. Needless to say, he doesn’t have a high opinion of most educators.

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By: BECCA PUGLISI

BECCA PUGLISI — Sun, 21 Jun 2015 21:34:15 +0000

In reply to Annie. This is great input! I'm adding some of these in to the entry. Thanks, Annie!

By: Annie

Annie — Sun, 21 Jun 2015 20:17:46 +0000

As a teacher, I would say I’ve seen many of these traits, attributes and habits in students I’ve taught who have learning disabilities. I could add a few positive ones, though. In some cases, students may learn gratitude and develop a special attachment to a classroom teacher, aide, or learning needs specialist who gives them the help and one-on-one assistance it may take for them to succeed academically. Also, they may learn to excel in non-academic areas that not everyone would pursue otherwise. For example, one student I taught with dyslexia who could barely read or write back in 5th grade has developed a love (and talent) for cooking and is excited to attend culinary school when he graduates high school next year.

By: Traci Kenworth

Traci Kenworth — Sun, 21 Jun 2015 00:30:43 +0000

This is a good one!! My son suffers from a learning and speech disability and it’s so hard sometimes to watch him struggle. He’s getting better but he has a long way to go.

By: BECCA PUGLISI

BECCA PUGLISI — Sat, 20 Jun 2015 19:38:00 +0000

In reply to Carol Baldwin. Thanks, Carol. Of all our thesaurus collections, I believe this one is the toughest to write. These wounds are real; people live through and survive them all the time, but each of these entries have vastly different causes, scenarios, and outcomes. We're really concerned with portraying the wounds as realistically as possible while also being sensitive to our readers who have experienced them. It's kind of a tough line to walk sometimes.

By: Carol Baldwin

Carol Baldwin — Sat, 20 Jun 2015 16:43:13 +0000

You do such an amazing job with these wounds. Even if my characters don’t suffer from these– you show possible outcomes so well.