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I was useful to me as a learning disabled (dyslexic, ADHD, autism spectrum) individual, and when helping my kids in the same boat. But the extent to which it h
by cwbrandsma 7y ago
I was useful to me as a learning disabled (dyslexic, ADHD, autism spectrum) individual, and when helping my kids in the same boat. But the extent to which it helped is just a slight confidence booster, "you can do this, you aren't dumb, even tho you are having issues in a couple subjects".
When you grow up failing spelling tests, under-perform in timed math tests and all sorts of random memorization subjects (things with lots of name and dates in them: biology, geology, etc), you get bogged down. Finding out my IQ, and the limits of the test, did help me understand myself a little bit better, and helped convinced me to get my college degree (my high school guidance counselor was telling me not to bother, just start working on the local farms, maybe get a little bit of community college).
- sjg007 7y agoOuch.. those high school guidance counselors. I don't think an adult should ever limit the potential of a kid.