I have ADHD and four learning disabilities. The main ones are Dyscalculia ( mixing up the order of numbers) and a language processing disorder. I always surprise people with the language one because I learned to talk early and am very articulate. My reading, hearing, speaking are unaffected. My writing and sight are where I run into trouble. I also have a problem communicating my thoughts, I tend to ramble or lose track of my point. I cannot read body language to save my life. I have a hard time telling when people are angry or sad. Unless it's extremely over exaggerated like in the cartoons, I can't tell. I asked my mom if it was difficult parenting me. If she read any books or went to any seminars. She said she did and asked doctors but none of it really helped. She said all children are different, special children are not an exception. Nothing really helped more than trial an error. If I was autistic she would have had to do the same thing because there are very few one size fits all rules or methods for children. One rule that applies to all is that will put things in their mouth they shouldn't, and they will try to kill themselves ( cuz your dumb *don't know any better*). Other than they are all different. My mom says she would have had to parent me different than my brother any way because our personalities are completely different. However, I didn't trust my mom so I asked my friend's mom. My friend is deaf. She said the sign language book helped more than any parenting book on deaf children. That her son is drastically different than her daughter so needed different parenting because of his being a different person. She said that they both need love, support, encouragement, money, and discipline. There are only special children but no training, specialize seminar, or specific book help. Special children just need a regular parent.
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