seriously this is something that affects thouseds and there's 8 readers wow.

Hi, I’m a UX design student researching how families of children with autism or learning disabilities manage daily routines, communication, and access to support.

I’m trying to understand:

• How do you organize routines at home?

• How do you communicate important information with schools or centers?

• What feels confusing or fragmented?

I’m not selling anything. I genuinely want to listen and learn before designing anything.

If you’re open to sharing your experience, I would really appreciate it.

Thank you.

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Researchers at Utah State University’s Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Research Group and the Institute for Disability Research, Policy, and Practice are recruiting for a study evaluating an online, self-guided mental health program for parents of children with disabilities (utahact.com/POCD) 

Participating in this study would involve the following: 

• Completing online surveys at three time points 

• baseline, 20-30  minutes 

• 6-week post-test, 20-30 minutes 

• 10-week follow-up, 20-30 minutes) 

• Being randomly assigned after completing the baseline survey to either... 

• The treatment condition in which you will work on the online mental health program over the next 6 weeks. 

• A waitlist condition in which you will be provided with the program after a period of 10 weeks. 

The online mental health program is made of 6 sessions (approximately 20 minutes each) and takes about 2-3 hours total to complete over 6 weeks. You would receive up to $30 for completing surveys (all payments made via Amazon gift cards). Your total participation is estimated to take between 4-5 hours total including the online program, assessments, and communication with the research team. 

You need to be at least 18 years old, self-identify as a parent of a child with a disability, self-report anxiety or depression symptoms, in the United States, be able to access the internet via a computer, phone, or tablet, and have interest in completing an online mental health program in order to participate. 

If you are interested, you can learn more about the study at https://www.utahact.com/POCD If you have any questions about the study, please contact the study coordinator at [email protected] . The principal investigator for this study is Dr. Ty Aller ([email protected]) and this study has been approved by the USU Institutional Review Board (Protocol #14679).

If there is someone in my family who's a male who has possibly a not-so-common type of learning disability/disorder and this person has a fear he is going to have a hard time getting it diagnosed because the disorder is just one that's uncommon or not usually one that's even tested typically, would you know of any testing clinics you would recommend (for him to get a neuropsych assessment/testing)? Possibly a place that doesn't mind taking from time-to-time the occasional not so straightforward case or a place that's known for being, I-don't-know very just understanding of situations or willing to work with the individual even if it's not the most textbook of situations or the most typical of cases. We are located in the Bay Area/Northern California region of the country but could also be open to doing testing remotely/online if the testing clinic wasn't in our area & if that option was available. Thank you so much for your time and help. It's very much appreciated. 

it seems impossible to find an easy, slow paced office admin job that pays 50K. I'm 33, my parents are gonna be alive forever to support me. My learning disorder is a bit more than mild and specifically "unspecified neurcoginitive disorder" (I think trauma induced due to my father's daily rage). So I scored super low in critical thinking, abstract reasoning, visual-spatial processing". So although I'm notmentaly challenged , all im able to do/was able to a do in school/college were the courses that just required reading a text book or notes and answering questions. Nothing beyond that. So problem solving and all the other cognitive skills needed to do a job well rent ether but I need to survive. Even all my bosses complain about me and alll of them, present, past, even co-workers complain about my learning problems.

I heard amazon manager doesn't require experience but I couldn't get past the assessment :( . It required analyzing data.

Delete if not allowed. I'm posting in this sub because the specific sub for my learning disability won't allow me to post because I don't have enough comment karma. They're literally gatekeeping learning disabilities and keeping me out of the only supportive community on the internet I could find.

Anyway, I just wanted to vent because I like to binge watch those "stupid/rude/mean customer" kind of karen skits, from real retail workers telling reenacting real stories from work.

But well, I just watched one where a customer didn't understand the numerical sizes of the items. It was like 1.7 oz vs another oz thing. She wasn't mean or anything, she was geniuenly nicely asking because she geniuenly didn't understand. But both the creator of the skit and thousands of comments were just bashing the customer claiming she's stupid and lacks common sense.

But I on the other hand am relating to this woman as I don't understand numerical sizes either. I often have to Google which is bigger. The reason is because I have dyscalculia, a learning disability.

And here are all these thousands of people making fun of people like me calling us "stupid" and "lacking common sense" and this is the reason why I always ask Google, never a person. Thanks to the creator and all those commenters for contributing to making people with learning disabilities feel worthless.

okay, so I don't think I have a LD but somebody had brought it up to me today and it made me curious. I did some research but none of it really stuck out to me. Basically, I cannot learn material if it is not being spoken directly to me. Like when my teacher is speaking to the class, I don't know what she's saying, but if she spoke directly to me, I could process it perfectly fine.

I feel like this is a bit of a reach or I might just be plain stupid.

Hi all,

I am currently working as a cashier at a food court. Within my responsibilities is counting and balancing cash for my till at the end of my shift. While on shift, I am able to count the adequate amount of change to give. It's just at the end of my shift, when I need to separate my drop from my bank, I seem to have issues with counting my till as a whole. I've tried so many ways to count out my money, yet my mind seems to glitch out every time. This on top of my trainer watching me is putting me under a lot of stress. I had a history of not doing well in math classes back in High School. Was wondering if there was some intellectually going on here. Any help, would help. Thank you.

Hi guys I’m 23 I’m new to this sub but I wfh I will try to keep this SHORT as possible.

So yesterday I had a discussion with fellow work from home people about how people don’t use their resources/they don’t like to self educate themselves anymore. Autodidacticism is one of the best definitions to describe neurodivergence…people that has learning disabilities.

So I stated to them that people don’t really understand the importance of seeking answers on their own, and using our resource to assist us as in AI, SIRI, reading books, seeking more information that what’s “told”. I’ve noticed a lot of people will rely on everyone else to do the research for them take their word for it and apply it then find out it was completely wrong. And….they chewed me to PIECES. Stating that Google isn’t reliable and we should seek validation on our answers from people instead. I understood that whole heartedly!! and told them well that’s why we have to research and teach ourselves and actually put in the work to understand. They told me since I’m a “representative” I’m basically a teacher it’s my job to give people knowledge that if they call in with a question it’s totally On ME to be 100% accurate for them. But in actuality we aren’t perfect beings. That really rubbed them the wrong way they told me I was too lazy to help other people. I realized that they didn’t understand me because they can’t understand me. Man lmao. They are so use to having their lessons and learning style catered to them to understand various topics while people with LD are behind and looked down upon, because of comprehension. Everyone is able to move on to the next lesson why we still are working on the old lesson.

All my life I had to teach myself how to do everything and seeking answers on my own, because standard education ofc doesn’t cater to the needs of children with a LD and many go undiagnosed and wonder why they fail so much or can never grasp the concept but yet we tried soo hard. From k-12 I was on my own. No IEP and I always failed my end of grade test and had to be pulled from class to retake it while everyone else ate pizza…..this is who made me who I am. So my ephifany was it wasn’t that I was wrong or they was wrong but they lacked understanding of my pov. To this day I will hyper fixate on a topic then at the end will have many ways I can work the problem. I wasn’t undiagnosed as a child my mom had me tested which took so long so many test I had to take which was done by the school and they told her I had a LD and was “delayed” due to failing 1st grade which is very alarming. So from there she never put me in IEP in school and just called me “slow” the rest of my life. I’m really good at pattern recognition which is deemed “common sense”

To summarize my discussion my epiphany last night was that neurotypical individuals will not understand why we have to “over explain” “make the solution more complicated or complex and longer” so all I was trying to explain to them is that people are so use to being able to have things explained to them and not be ridiculed for their questions and lack of inability to understand. So they don’t need to seek resources and research. On the other hand we are. We are seen as having low comprehension having too many questions they “don’t make sense” which has shaped us to seek answers and solutions without the help of others. Making us more independent in the long run. 🤗

Sorry if it’s too long I really needed to get this off my chest and see if others can relate and understand me ❣️have a great day guys.

I have learning disabilities. I was diagnosed at 2 for apraxia and that's the only one I have an official diagnosis for. I struggle with things like math, English, spelling and handwriting, reading and comprehension among many more things. I am convinced I have dyslexia and dysgraphia and I feel like I have very mild autism but not sure on that one. I got tested for dyslexia last year and it came back with a lot of indicaters for dyslexia but I don't have it, I have non spasific learning disabilities or something like that (which I already knew.) I told my mom recently that I think I may have dysgraphia and she just said that she thinks I probably do just not an official diagnosis. Anyone else dealing with things like this? It's frustrating because I know I have learning disabilities but I just want to know what I have.

We're researchers from the University of Sydney 🎓, and we're conducting a study on the grocery shopping experience 🛒, especially for individuals aged 18 and above. We're particularly interested in understanding whether those with learning difficulties face unique or more complex challenges while shopping, and how this impacts their overall experience.

https://forms.gle/DnWgKmhjxyuryaRs6

Share Your Story, Inspire Change!

Advocacy for the Unique (AFU), a nonprofit dedicated to supporting students with learning differences, is proud to announce its first annual essay competition. We invite middle and high school students across the nation to share their experiences and insights through a powerful essay.

Essay Topic:

“What is the most challenging obstacle students with learning differences face today, and how can we help them overcome it?” This essay topic aims to amplify the voices of these students and foster a deeper understanding of their unique needs.

Participants:

We welcome essays from not only students with learning differences but also any student who has witnessed the challenges faced by those with learning differences (e.g., siblings, family members, classmates). Additionally, we encourage participation from any student who is passionate about promoting social awareness and understanding of learning differences. By sharing their stories, observations, and ideas, participants have the opportunity to inspire change and shape a more inclusive educational landscape.

Guidelines:

Word Count: 500-1,000 words

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Essay Submission Due Date: August 27, 2024 (11:59 PM PDT)

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Winner Announcement: On or around September 15, 2024

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Subject: Brief Online Study for Students Diagnosed with Learning Disability/Disabilities.

Hello my name is Elizabeth Geiger and I am a doctoral student in the Counseling Psychology program at Teachers College, Columbia University. I am looking for individuals who would like to participate in my research study exploring the life experiences of students diagnosed with a learning disability/disabilities. This survey should only take about 20 minutes of your time. This survey is a continuation of an earlier study. If you previously participated in our other study, you can still participate in this study.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Must be at least 18 years old.

• Must reside in the U.S.

• Must be diagnosed with a learning disability/disabilities.

• Must be currently enrolled in college or graduate school.

***This study has been approved by the Teachers College, Columbia University Institutional Review Board: (Protocol #14-020).

LINK: https://tccolumbia.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_7afnM1XihoXF4PP

I live with dyslexia and learning disability and I know that others who have trouble learning experience the same. I just wanted to know, what things do you do that helps youand makes things easier or allows you improve? What steps do you take?

And of course, what is your experience with learning disability?

How can I explain to my new employer i have a disability i worry they won't give me any shifts if they find out

Hello, everyone.

I believe I may have a learning disability and would appreciate your advice and recommendations. Here are some of the challenges I face:

• Difficulty following directions and instructions.

• Struggling with basic math, often feeling nervous and overwhelmed.

• Trouble remembering information.

• Difficulty speaking and explaining ideas clearly.

• I enjoy reading, listening, and watching movies, but I struggle to retain what I’ve read or watched, which makes me feel ashamed.

On the other hand, I love administrative tasks such as emailing, filing, organizing documents, and editing photos and videos. However, I struggle with typing quickly, coding, working with numbers, and talking on the phone, as I tend to forget information easily in those situations.

I have had a brief work experience in a company, but I left because I found it hard to handle tasks that required critical thinking, working with numbers, and managing time effectively.

To cope, I rely heavily on tools and strategies like:

• Guidelines or checklists.

• Step-by-step instructions.

• Calculators and AI tools.

• Taking notes or using audio recordings to remind myself of details.

These methods have helped me manage tasks better, from school (preschool to college) to my freelance work. I’m now 26, and while I’ve tried my best to adapt, I feel like I’m just getting by.

I’ve never been officially diagnosed, but I want to confirm if I have a learning disability so I can better understand myself and improve. Unfortunately, diagnostic services here in the Philippines are mostly private and costly, which makes it hard for me to access them.

Right now, I’m unemployed despite having a degree. I’m worried about not contributing to my family and feel stuck. While I’ve considered basic jobs, I also fear they won’t help me grow or improve myself in the long term.

Am I being too harsh on myself for relying on these techniques? Does this make me less capable?

I would truly appreciate any recommendations, tips, or guidance on how I can improve and overcome these struggles.

✨Thank you so much for taking the time to read my post.💙✨

Ever since I was little I've had a hard time with mathematics. At my current age of 19 I still use my fingers to count, because I can not picture math in my head. While I worked as a cashier at a fast food place I was put as the permanent shake maker because I couldn't return the correct change. I only know my twos and fives when it comes to times tables, and that's only because of a song my teacher taught me. I am going to college at the moment and I'm taking three classes which includes a math class. I am currently failing all three because I've been putting this damn hard math class as a priority. I don't know what to do anymore. I feel so stupid and worthless because of this. At some extreme times I've even thought about just ending it all because I feel so pathetic.

Remember when I am in primary school,I got a fail in mathematics. My parents scold me for a day.Next day,I got around 75% in language exam. He said "errrrr.... Low score" 💔💔

But he didn't understand how hard for SEN students

It is stressful

I'm looking for all the "axias". For example, dyslexia, dysphraxia, dyscalculia and dynomia are some of them.

Is there a list of things like this that I can look at?

My biggest wish (or sana in Filipino) is to have a good long-term memory so I can easily pick up and learn everything. This would help secure a good future for my family. However, I am still very proud of myself because I do my best, even with the bare minimum.

I’ve always felt different, especially when it comes to my academic abilities. I have dyscalculia, which makes math a huge struggle for me. I can’t process numbers the same way, and it makes every math-related task feel impossible. On top of that, I also experience slow processing, which means that it takes me a lot longer to grasp things than others. I’ve had to retake certain grades and still don’t feel like I’m making progress in subjects like math and science.

But despite all of this, I have a deep passion for space and astronomy. People like Stephen Hawking inspire me, and I dream of working in astrophysics or astronomy. The idea of exploring the universe, understanding space, and discovering how it all works has always captivated me. I find it awe-inspiring and feel like it’s where my true calling is. It feels like it’s the only thing that truly excites me, but I’m told I’m not good enough to pursue it.

I keep hearing from my family and others that I’m “average,” that I don’t have any exceptional abilities, and that I’m not “smart enough” to follow my dreams. They say I’m just “bad at math” and that careers like the one I want are not realistic for me. It makes me feel like all of my passion is meaningless because I don’t fit the mold of what is traditionally considered “intelligent.”

I also struggle with finding support for my learning challenges. My family doesn’t fully understand, and I often feel like I’m alone in dealing with this. I have strengths in things like intuition and rhythmic intelligence, but these don’t seem to matter in a world that values traditional intelligence in things like math or science. No one around me seems to recognize or value my strengths, and I feel like I’m constantly being told that I don’t have what it takes.

It’s hard to keep going when it feels like everyone around me, even my own family, doesn’t believe in me. I feel like I’m too different and that my dreams of studying space or becoming an astrophysicist are unattainable. But space and the cosmos inspire me like nothing else, and I’m not sure how to let go of this dream, even though it feels like it’s slipping away.

I just don’t know what to do anymore. I feel stuck, and I’m starting to question whether I’ll ever be able to do what I love. Does anyone here have any advice on how to keep going when it feels like everything is stacked against you? Or any tips for dealing with these problems?

Any recommended books for improving oral and written comprehension skills, as well as basic math skills for dyscalculia?