Thursday, November 5, 2009
Post Eight (a)
I went to school and I am close friends with a couple of people who have ADHD as well as a learning disability. I don't think the school did anything much to help these students, except give them a longer time to take tests, and many of these students who had ADHD were on medication which helped them focus a little bit, but not fully. My roommate actually has a learning disability, and once she was in high school, they didn't do much to help. She didn't even bother in enrolling here at UCM as having a learning disability because not much can really be done, not to mention once out in the "real world" jobs don't really take into account learning disabilities. I understand that sometimes things need to be approached in a different way, as with trying teach children with learning disabilities, but I do find it sad that once out in the real world, most things are only explained in one way, and if you don't pick it up fast enough you are seen as incompetent.
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That is interesting that most schools anymore do everything possible to accommodate those with disabilities but once in the "real" world those go away. You think we're making it harder on them by doing so?
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ReplyDeleteI agree that it is harder on them when they are so used to having people there to help them and then all of a sudden they're completely on their own to figure things out. This is why many people with disabilities have a hard time moving out into the "real" world because they are scared of what will happen when they do. Then there are also those who are under the false belief that their bosses and everyone will treat them differently than others.
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