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Open Your Minds #20: Coping With ADHD And Learning Disabilities (As Told by Rheese, aged 8) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Saturday, January 18, 2003
Author's Note: a lot of the words in the following story are purposely misspelled. I wrote them as Rheese would write them. (As you will see, he has serious learning disabilities.)
Hi! My name's Rheese. I am 8 yaers old, and I ahve lernin disbility. I ahve waht is calld ADHD. I also am dislecksick, meaning I see wrods or numbrs bakward. Becaus of this, I have troble readin and writting. I am a horrbl speler, and I can't read anytihng buy baby books.
Any little thing bothers me. I am easly distrakted. Any little movment or nois and I look around. I am also always gettin up outta my chair and teachur is always yellin at me to sit down and pay attentin. I hate shcool, and I hate the kids always pickin on me. They call me names like Dummy or Retardo Rheese or Stupid, and it hurts my feelings'. I don't know why I have troble readin or wrtiting; I always have had this probelm.
I don't know why I am this way. I am smart, probly a jenus. But when I try to read or write it's like my brian gets all muxxed up somhow, and I can't figgur the words or nubers on teh papper. I am always gettin f's in shcool, adn them my parents alwasy yellin at me and tellin me I don't pay attenshun. I don't know why my baby sister Megan doesn't have htis probelm..she is in preshcool, and teechur is always tellin mom and dad she smart. Seh alredy startin to reed, and she know her alfabit an know her nubers. She also know her collars.
Whil I have probelms reedin and writtin I don't have any probelm with computer games or figgurin out computer and internett. I also am good at vido games and can tell the diffrent Pokeman karacters. Like Ash and Pikachu, that littl yellow guy that looks like a rabit or somthin, but talk like a mowse. Ash is Pikachu's ownr. Or somethin like htat.
And besids having probems readin and writtin and being distrakted easily, I also am clumsy. I am always knowcking somethin over or bumpin into things. I am teh type who fall down steps when I go to my room at shcool, and the oter kids laugh at me and call me Retardo Rheese; and then I feel terrble. I wish I don't go to shcool; I HATE shcool!! I want to stay home ever day, but stupid mom and dad mak me go to shcool, and I HATE it!! I always have homwrok and it seems like ever day I have homwrok; and then I sepnd mor time on my wrok than playing, it seems! I am always having to wrok on my readin and writting, and then mom and dad end up yeling at me because "I don't aply myself", they tell me this all the time, and I wish they'd SHUT UP!! :(
I HATE being this way! I am not smart if I have to go to all htis troble learnin and junk! I also wouln't have to go to Resourc Room instead of my reglar room! I am STUPID, and I HATE myself!! :(
(((HUGS))) heartbreaking, what kids have to endure...they aren't stupid. they just can't read...or what they read looks like a foreign language. :( i know...as much as i love to read, some letters look backwards, especially when i'm tired...i have to really struggle at times. excellent write from the perspective of one who is learning disabled (and i can't type worth a flip!!!!). ((((HUGS)))) and love, karla. :(
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