#learning disorders

[madpunks]

shoutout to slow learners. shoutout to people who take a very long time to parse and grasp new concepts. shoutout to people who struggle to follow directions. shoutout to people who can't perform a task just after watching someone else do it. shoutout to everyone who needs learning aids, needs to take notes, needs to try multiple times, and needs to be told the explanation repeatedly.

you're not dumb. you're not lesser. you're not doing it on purpose. everyone learns at their own pace, and people forcing you to learn faster than you can are the ones causing a disruption in your ability to learn. it's not your fault.

[zebulontheplanet]

See posts from people saying things like "If i can do this, so can you!''

What if we can't? What if we can't learn a new sport, what if we can't be valedictorian of our school? what if we can't learn a new language? what if we can't excel in some areas? What if we can't?

Your posts about "Oh i did this so you can definitely too" are plain weird because i bet someone read that and CAN'T do the things you're saying they can. Stop it. Just stop with your takes. Maybe look at a bigger picture.

[robertseanleonardthinker]

i see actually neurodivergent trending so i just wanna say shoutout to my fellow learning disability ppl bc disorders other than adhd and autism r often left out when talking abt neurodivergency on the internet. we r all so awesome and cool and hot and smart regardless of our learning disabilities and i am kissing u all on the forehead so gently

[howl-at--the-sun]

Happy Disability Pride Month to people with learning disorders!

Happy Disability Pride Month to people who need or are on medication for their disabilities!

Happy Disability Pride Month to people with 504 plans and IEPs!

Happy Disability Pride Month to people with anxiety disorders!

Happy Disability Pride Month to disabled people who don’t feel “disabled enough” to be included! You are and loved and your experiences and struggles with your disabilities are valid!

[themogaidragon]

Dyslexia Pride Flag

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Original posts of the learning disorders flags I made a while ago here (link) and here (link). There is no credits nor alternative texts on the older one.

Symbol design from the Pqbd org (link). I did not design the symbol, just made a high png quality version of it.

For archival purposes, here is under the cut the flag template with each part as its own separated png. It can be used to make your own flags with the design. But please keep it related to only learning disorders flags and give credit.

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[adhdandeverythingneurodivergent]

ADHD Note Taking

I'm reading an online text book now (while YouTube is playing) and I wanted to do this right now real quick on how I do notes and people can add how they do notes with ADHD or other learning disorders. (Also at least I am doing this when I started this who knows if I'll add this to my drafts)

I write in differnt colored pens. -- I find writing in one color kind of makes everything blend together just like, bleeeeggghh. Writing in different colors separates the points to me and also when I inevitably lose my reading place, I have a general idea where I was.

I also think the routine thing works in here. Some say routine helps ADHD, I disagree, I think routine irritates me. I think of routine like the Doctor from Doctor Who does. It's appalling to me and it makes me want to scream or rip off my arm just so something happens. (You may think that's overdramatic but who are you to judge me, likely neurotypical person!?) I think routine bores my brain and makes it drift off and the different colors helps that.

I write one side of the page, not on both sides -- When you write and you turn the page, it caused the led or ink to smudge on the page and it kind of messes me up and also if you write in ink it bleeds slightly even with gel pens that I use and that also messes me up so I write on the front side of every new page which I know is wasteful but so is writing notes that don't help me.

I always seperate each line of words with those notebook lines -- When I was in elementary school (because I had a motor skills problem) I would be brought out of class to work on my writing and I was taught to write inside the line which is how most people probably do it but I've found if I go to the next line it also makes it blend in together and it like, where am I, there's too much in this one spot. There are hanging hooks of J's and Y's and I slanted my writing a little, so I put one clean space of notebook lines between my writing.

I have something of relevance playing -- I'm studying psychology right now--I want to delve more in the psychology of people for writing and what not and I always knew I understood psychology better because of my ADHD and I had started watching Criminal Minds which is about the FBI's branch called the BAU (Behavorial Anayalsis Unit) where they use psychology and statistics to narrow down who a criminal (like a serial killer) is and understand them and I found I actually understood what they were saying a lot--so I play Criminal Minds while I study. It's relevant and so it keeps me on task--ideally I do episodes I've already seen but sometimes I do new ones. (I'm only season 12)

[nld-as-insights]

What is Neurodiversity?

Neurodiversity is both the fact that everyone's brain is different and the movement to respect those differences. People who have neurological (brain) differences big enough to qualify them for a diagnosis such as autism are called neurodivergent. The term “neurodiversity” was first used in discussions about autism, but is now also used in discussions about learning disorders, ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) and in some cases, other neurological differences as well. It is important to reduce the stigma of these diagnoses because a lot of neurodivergent people feel bad about themselves.

[luulapants]

Do you have any stats on developmental disabilities of people incarnated on sexual violence charges? I wonder if it's mostly USA thing or it's similar elsewhere where laws are different in regard of legal responsibilities of severely disabled folks.

I don't have stats that drill down specifically into sexual offenders, nor does the available data from the Bureau of Justice distinguish between sexual violence charges and what could be more passive offenses like public masturbation. In fact, there's a huge issue overall in defining "violent crime" in data.

That said, here's broader data on disability in prisons in America. I'm including mental health data, because these are often conflated in determining the cause of someone's debilitation, e.g. someone may be diagnosed with schizophrenia because they're unable to form coherent sentences, which could also be attributed to severe learning disability. All of this is a consequence of the failure to replace the mental asylum system with any adequately funded alternative. This information is from the Prison Policy Initiative, and their data is public for anyone who wants to learn more.

24% of people in state prisons have a cognitive disability, compared to 5% nationwide.

26% have ADHD, compared to 4.4% of adults nationwide.

25% have been in special education classes.

Over half of people in state prison have some indication of mental illness. That number is higher for women and Native Americans. 43% have a diagnosis.

Only a quarter are receiving treatment for their mental illness, which tells us that, A) the prisons don't want to or feel obligated to treat mental illness, however B) a quarter of people in prison have severe enough symptoms that the prison is forced to treat them.

Lastly, I would add that civil commitment as a sexual predator, the process that allows someone deemed a sex offender to be committed and incarcerated for the rest of their lives, is not a trial-by-jury situation. A single state-employed psychiatrist is able to evaluate an individual and determine whether that person should be held in custody indefinitely. These evaluations, you may not be shocked to hear, skew hard against those who display severe cognitive or mental disorders.

[softlittleheartsandsparkles]

Reminder:

Again, please do not interact with me if you are someone who does little talk. What I mean by this is typing like the follow: "I swo swarcies rwight nows. I nweed swomone to hwolds me. " or any other form of typing where there is purposeful typos that are there for purpose's to make the person feel 'smaller'. -> I'm dyslexia I have no issues with typo's, words being spelt wrong. I don't notice them often because I make typos myself/can't spell words always correctly. HOWEVER, baby talk is actually extremely hard for me to understand. The random "b" and "D" "w" in words makes it very very hard for me to understand and read. And because of my learning difficulties throughout also my childhood and people defaulting to baby talk to speak to me when they find out I have learning difficulties. (Teachers included. I had teachers who didn't understand what my learning disorders were, so they assumed if they spoke softer and used a more simple vocabulary I'd understand more. -_-;' ) It feels still very patronizing, and ostracizing. Even if folks don't realise it can come off these ways. Although I have it posted I don't like this stuff, I still have folks who try. So again. This is me explaining why I don't like it/don't find it comfortable. & ALSO it's hard for me to also remember folks aren't mocking me. Lastly: I often times can't understand what people are saying with really heavy baby talk. Which also means I can't communicate back. So again, please don't do it.

[jackiestarsister]

Me after reading Battle of the Labyrinth: My favorite part was when a kid with ADHD refused to take a standardized test, told the sphinx that intelligence is more than just memorizing facts, and destroyed their grading machine.

My neurotypical friend who hasn't read the book: Yaaaass, girl, destroy the evil standardized test machine!!!

[b-theshitty]

Me: I'm having a shit time at school

Way to fucking many people: same

Me: ... doesn't this mean that school's the problem and should change to help its students?

Literally anyone who can change the education system: how about some extra advantages for ppl with learning disabilities, and a psychologist.

Me: yeah coz this fucking works

[thisisgraeme]

Embracing Neurodiversity in Vocational Education: Understanding and Supporting Diverse Learners

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[zebulontheplanet]

I have several learning disabilities. My official diagnosis is literally just “learning disability” not even kidding.

I have dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dysgraphia. Each of which have impacted my life severely. On top of all of these, I also have ID, which affects my ability to learn. Overall, my brains a mess.

I wasn’t able to read chapter books until 8th grade, and even though I can now, they’re very overwhelming for me and I read pretty slow. My handwriting is also very terrible, like it’s barley readable to most. My dyscalculia is what I feel like impacts me one of the most. I can do very basic things with a calculator, like multiplication. Algebra is a hard no, and I can read an Analog Clock but they can’t be fancy and it takes me awhile to figure out.

Learning disabilities are a big struggle of mine, and it’s very demeaning and frustrating to have them.

Please be kind to your people with learning disabilities, we’re trying our best. I have so much more to say, and I’ll make some more posts on my experience with learning disabilities later.

[uncanny-tranny]

Basically, my philosophy around disability fakers is: I would rather a thousand people fake a disability than have one disabled person suffer without care, aids, compassion, or any help.

[themogaidragon]

Dysgraphia Pride Flags

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Original posts of the learning disorders flags I made a while ago here (link) and here (link).

For archival purposes, here is under the cut the flag template with each part as its own separated png. It can be used to make your own flags with the design. But please keep it related to only learning disorders flags and give credit.

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[voidmire-system-error]

shout out to clumsy people.

shout out to people with coordination issues.

shout out to people with dyspraxia.

shout out to people with apraxia.

shout out to people with muscle weakness.

shout out to people with paresis.

shout out to people with paralysis.

shout out to people with arthritis n/or joint deformities.

shout out to people with chronic pain whose pain makes it hard to control their movements.

shout out to people with chronic fatigue whose fatigue makes them hard to control their movements.

shout out to people with balance issues.

shout out to people with other conditions that make hard to control body n/or movements.

shout out to people who are undiagnosed n struggling with control movements.

it's not your fault. it's not your carelessness. you deserve support n accommodations. you shouldn't be judged or mocked. you deserve respect. your struggles deserve respect.