My Learning Disability: A Love Story | Chandni Kazi | TEDxBerkeley

Have you ever struggled to remember something you just read? Join Chandni Kazi on an inspiring personal journey as she recounts her struggle with memory and academics, and her eventual road to success. It’s a talk you will want to remember. Chandni Kazi is passionate about public health, social justice and the role of STEM in achieving both. She is a published author on the relationship between education and maternal weight gain in U.S. Mothers. Alongside her studies, she volunteered at a nonprofit that served the youth experiencing homelessness. For two years, she digitized their data collection process and spent time with the youth providing public health services. Chandni now chairs her company’s philanthropic group and volunteers her expertise to local nonprofits in need of data support. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@mianotsil5634]

tonight i cried knowing that there is hope for my babies. my sons both have learning disability and today at their iep meeting i wanted to break down and cry because as a mother when u see ur kids struggle, it is heartbreaking. but i wanna say thank u. 😊💗

[@jimpanza1]

Hay when your son gets to college age and wants to go to college check out Landmark College in Putney VT the focus just on students with learning disabilities. I am a Landmark Alum

[@TrishaNP]

Hi! As maybe more encouragement, I was recently diagnosed with a reading and math learning disability, inattentive-ADHD, and Nonverbal Learning Disorder. It's a lot of work, but have all As in graduate school! One of my best friends is also in our Ivy League graduate program and he also has multiple learning disabilities (and has all As). Anything is possible! Having a compassionate and affirming parent can make a WORLD of a difference.

[@nvalles2565]

As a high school special education teacher, if I can tell you that all students, disabilty or no, have something to struggle with. Nothing kids tell me, General Edor sped, ever surprise me. They all think they are alone in struggles. Disability is something that you can learn to adapt to, plan for, find the right people to help and try to plan and adjust. It’s not that way for so many other struggles:divorce, abandonment, losing a parent to illness and death, serious emotional events or issues, financial issues, living circumstances. I’m telling you, the relief student find when I tell them how they are not alone and that we need a plan. That plan needs to adjust as priorities change. I point out successfully people and normal, everyday people who have disabilities. Anxiety, fears, even lack of support can take over. So try to get ahead of them. Think of what you CAN DO, OR HOW YOU CAN DO THINGS. It’s what we all have to do. Do NOT LOOK at your child as broken. It’s a disservice. You need to be in their corner and hope they find a teacher that will be too. Sadly, not all teachers are created equally. But eventually, you’ll find one that impacts their life. I’m sure you had already one. Don’t be sad that it may only be one. I mean that teacher you remember, for life. We all usually get at least one. Maybe you’re lucky to get more. *As a teacher for students with disabilities, I feel sad when a parent or guardian sabotages a student/their child by telling them what they can’t do. This happened to me today. I shouldn’t feel I have higher expectations for the child than the parent. But I do get/understand the let downs. Those are just part of the everything. My own mom sabotaged my brother. She didn’t know any better or maybe that she was doing it. She was told he’d never be normal or grow up to live independently. Ha. Well, us siblings MADE HIM work hard to keep up with us. We were tired of doing for him. As kids we thought his everyday struggles were excuses. Hey. We were kids. But it pushed him. Thank goodness my mom left him in our care. He didn’t make it in college but this guy is a master with cement. He loves his business. Works with his hands. Sees blueprints and the modifications and measurements in his head. When and how did it happen? Dunno. It did. He’s “the man” at work. He’s the foreman and has more side work than he can handle. He’s an artist and people pay him big money. He has a wife, who didn’t know about his disability till we told her some years later, three kids and a home, cars, travels. Don’t believe what people tell you will be your child’s life. Don’t sabotage them. Always expect the most you can and accept the downfalls-we all have them. Change your perspective, for the both of you.

[@learningenglishwithanubha2697]

Dont worry mam i can understand your problems my father and mother cried so much when i could not able to write A to Z till the age of 7 but their hard work and my teachers i am sucess in teaching competative exam i qualified state teaching exam and doing hard work to make some high in education i want to be educator and clear pcs examination and your sons shall have done great job in their future what they want to become they will do.

[@jenniferramos1322]

She's really inspiring.... im like her i really try my best passing all my courses

[@Suef...]

I can relate to a lot of that

[@sallybailey5558]

You are absolutely adorable! Your experience made me cry because I can relate to so much of what you said. But it is great to see that you finally got the help you needed to succeed. Well done! xx

[@davidbokuku7642]

Living with learning disability for 30 years is tough

[@majestic6303]

Finding a job is tough

[@JunaidWolf3]

@@majestic6303finding a job even without learning disabilities is hard I have learning disabilities and couldn’t get a job until age 24

[@lmoree00]

CONGRATULATIONS on your achievements! You are GORGEOUS btw.

[@Ezra_27]

Ain't nobody talking about that this is pretty relatable.

[@spkspk1416]

its my story too! exactly the same.

[@learningenglishwithanubha2697]

You are true inspirartion for me my and your story is almost same i totally relate with you i faced so much due to my learning disablities entire my school and college my writing ability and memory level is not so gud so that I could not be able to achieve so gud grades and college i want to be pcs officer but due to my learning disablities and not gud personality i badly faced so much think bulliness sarcassim and all things i am also labelled as slow leaner but i want to achieve success in pcs examination i want to do great on education sector and also i want to improve as myself i want to do something high thank you.🌹

[@chakaylahedwards1521]

Wow proud of her there is hope for everyone

[@tonyryan1720]

You are truly a shining star !! stay bright forever.

[@syb_764]

As a kid I had Auditory processing disorder and like you said it started off with academics but it spiraled into complete isolation from others. I got help from a program called Arrowsmith which actaully rewires your brain doing certain brain exercises consistently. I worked so hard and I graduated from the program in 2 years. I’m a junior now and I have a 97 average and am so outgoing. I’m finally living the life I’ve always wanted to.

[@lynx3187]

I have Auditory Processing Disorder too. Can I do the Arrowsmith program at any age (I’m 19)? Right now I am having a hard time trying to understand and accepting my APD as I view it as something that has only cause me pain. I have a very hard time in classes and social environment; it seems that the people around me just don’t understand the struggle of any learning disability.

[@craigmcvay1]

Inspirational wow YOU GO, GIRL! never stop pushing your dreams I have Learning Disability mine is mild so like yourself, I don't look disabled.

[@nanaaraj]

Yeah I have mild learning difficulties but sometimes I am told I don’t look disabled which doesn’t offend me because my needs are mild anyway. Even if they don’t my story, at least the acknowledge me doing well.

[@Suef...]

@@nanaaraj same here

[@alohasargent]

Hi, I'd like to use this amazing video in a class I teach at a community college, but I need accurate closed captions (edited for punctuation, capitalization). Can you turn on "community contributions" so that I can suggest an edited caption track? Thanks!

[@rudraom9]

Love u Chandani aya hai tera deewana ....welcome sweetheart god bless u

[@jasonpollock6812]

Motivational 💯

[@matthewsnowdon8530]

Yeah I definitely felt dumber and dumber and still do sometimes Its so annoying I really do love English and well maths not so much but I don’t hate it just don’t enjoy it but its just like we put double the work but get a quarter of our effort to actually show Shes got alot more lucky and skills than i do im still learning the basics im almost at gcse level its took me 10 years... 10 long years I 100% understand try try try try but nothing really comes out of the effort Im fairly different to this learning disability mines more so I don’t have the capability of understanding alot of one topic and can only learn things on a very slow scale otherwise I can’t take it in This is extremely relatable

[@lseh]

Do you feel you have hearing issues by chance? I struggled in school too and just learned I have CAPD (APD). It can affect understanding stuff. Check it out if interested.

[@matthewsnowdon8530]

@@lseh yes im partially deaf and I have a conductive hearing loss So my hearing goes from good to bad throughout the year constantly

[@antiquarian1773]

great story

[@galileamartinez462]

I have a learning disability it’s similar to this one. I’ve been so excited studying the test and doing it but than I got it back and failed it ive failed everyone one of them. I’m now in high school. And I do struggle but I try and be open to as question I would be embarrassed when everyone around me understood and I didn’t. I’m now studying for the permit and I read the book, but after I forgot everything I read and I just think okay use the sources to help myself the way I did in school. So I use flash cards and try harder and hopefully when I do take the test I pass. I haven’t yet. Sometimes I wondered like why my brother he is a sophomore and I’m a senior I wondered how he can be sooo smart and I would kinda feel bad about myself but I always have a thought in my head that “not everyone learns the same they just have there own pace and own way of learning so it’s okay” I would get massive headache and want to cry when I wouldn’t understand my teacher wouldn’t teach until I got it right and I had to use a calculator or have my fingers to count when my teacher took the calculator and he said that I can do it but I would just sit there trying but get a big headache and blank out on what the question was because it took me so long to do one but he wanted it there at that moment . No matter what everyone has there own pace on learning and that’s okay❤️

[@Suef...]

Awesome..

[@anglone01]

Love this!!! So inspirational!!

[@auburnt2009]

great speaker!

[@MsCYA-jt1lz]

close my eyes, ahh! Dear, your voice is so beautiful

[@rebelrali2758]

Why is the link she referred to at the end of the talk not in the description box!!! Can someone please provide it if you know what she was talking about

[@surjitdhoot1459]

Nice

[@hasantarek6521]

how can i be a part of the program? i need it badly.

[@roshniuk6240]

Nice video

[@jonathanscannell9646]

we have been struggle with disability week we will help you out

[@kalayahgarner9143]

Hey same here

[@sabahasan9706]

Fenis proud 😍

[@sbul183]

Feni lady proud of you .

[@lseh]

Is your reading disorder connected to CAPD or APD by chance?

[@majestic6303]

I wonder how she got into Berkeley with her low score in high school. Her sister Sumaya Kazi is a big American entrepreneur who also went to Berkeley.

[@mwn1552]

😢hope in Jesus💜

[@johngilmour8945]

To learn anything, try reading the text, 4 pages a night""JUST BEFORE SLEEP"" it places the information into your long term memory, a theory, that proved itself to john gilmour, in Toronto Canada!

[@mathewjacob3075]

this sounds exactly like every LD child i know

[@notsogood231]

Hellau thiante u 🙊😂

[@jennung7368]

She probably had adhd as well