Learning Disability in Higher Education... | Lexie Garrity | TEDxVanderbiltUniversity

Learning Disability in Higher Education and the Professor Student Relationship
The professor-student relationship in higher education may be one of mentorship, trust, and academia. In order to strive for this valuable relationship, we must adjust to the diverse population of students in higher education, particularly those with learning disabilities. A certain understanding of capability and confidence from both parties is needed in order to create an inclusive environment for prospering professor-student relationships. It’s time for students to advocate with a plan and for professors to listen with purpose. Altering how we take action will motivate professor-student relationships that will in turn stimulate growth within higher education.
A native of the coastal town of Montara, California, Lexie Garrity is a junior at Vanderbilt University. She divides her time between her studies in premed as a Medicine, Health and Society Major; her office as club co-president of the Disabilities Awareness Partnership (DAP); the Vanderbilt Club Soccer Team; her membership in Pi Beta Phi; as well as other work, and internships. Lexie is honored to talk about learning disabilities in the context of improving student-professor communication. Additionally, she hopes to motivate others who have been diagnosed with a disability to pursue their educational and professional dreams. Lexie knows she would not have achieved what she has to this day without her diagnosis in her senior year of high school, and the subsequent support of professors, family, and friends.
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[@megzworld913]

This made me emotional, because I also have a learning disability. It’s not always easy and in elementary school, I had teachers tell me that I wouldn’t be able to go to University, yet I am almost done my undergraduate degree in Psychology. We can succeed!!

[@strange_okapi892]

I'm not going to finished college and I'm in high school right now scared for my grade right now.

[@srtj.av.2556]

I have language, writing and math disability plus a serious ADD going for my Psychology degree your post give me hope! 🥰

[@srtj.av.2556]

She is just like me how this happen? what's the cause? Anyway if she was able me too! 🥰🥰🥰

[@mikegrumann622]

I am LD too. I remember in elementary school having to leave my class to go to the special education room for math, reading, and writing. I took me awhile to learn how to learn. It sounds like you are doing great keep it up!!!

[@maryjanecalwit5621]

Hello Ms Megan can I ask how do you survive LD?

[@auroracuthill8173]

this hit me hard . i have been struggling with a learning disability my whole life and i always felt useless. glad theres somebody out there who understands.

[@johnp4871]

You're not alone. There are a lot of us out there. This may seem cringy, but I always encourage myself by remembering the story of the tortoise and the hair. I consider myself a tortoises that will never stop. No matter how fast the hairs around me run I won't let myself down and will continue do my best. That's all you have to do. Just do your best.

[@joshdebarros3231]

I'm happy to know that I'm not the only one ! At least someone feels my pain and can relate. I didn't finish high school because of it, it was embarrassing

[@echolitis]

Finally someone understands

[@kingcuts999]

You’re not alone I’m 14 and I just discovered this yesterday and now I don’t even know I how to tell this to my parents

[@Ernest_XX]

What learning disability

[@willthecreator]

I just willed my way through college with my learning disability’s. I was tired of high school and middle school being in special ed classes because I knew the real world doesn’t care or understand. I didn’t seek any accommodations. It took me 7 years to earn my bachelors degree. I fought fought for it like my life depended on it and I was able to force myself to get it done. I don’t recommend not seeking help. But I just learn differently and I figured out the hard way that there nothing I can do to fix it.

[@sexybabyzita23]

Will Jones I 100% agree with you. My story is similar to yours.

[@aaronhuang8425]

Greetings Will & Megan, my story is also similar to both of you. I graduated with a Bachelor in Business (Finance Major) with ADD-Inattentive Type. My ADD is Co-Morbid with Dyslexia. I would 80% agree with you analysis. The part I mutually agree with your opinion is before a student seeks help or accommodations, students should at least spend a time (possibly few years) developing discipline and forcing (themselves/yourself) like your life depended on it and forcing (themselves/yourself) to get assignments done. This allows a student time to develop and master "real life" coping mechanisms. There is a major variable I feel we all need to address is everyone dyslexic or not "forgets/becomes rusty" of most things we learned in college. While "working out the rusty kinks" is "normal", it can be a crippling variable for a dyslexic graduate on the job, especially people who do not seek accommodations because the learning curve can be very high. The 20% where my opinion differs is when jobs require DETAILS. Remembering the "big picture" is sometimes not enough when a job requires error-free on your first try. Errors WILL you fired such as in Book-keeping or fired as a bank teller which requires BOTH precision AND accuracy. Job employers are not like baseball where they must use a 3 strike rule. This brings me to my analysis based off of life experiences and medical fact. In higher education, disability accommodations and tutoring should be REQUIRED for EVERY HIGHER and LOWER level courses. Sometimes "passing" is not enough. If dyslexic students barely passes, struggles, and get poor grades, while they may pass the college, their employer may not give new graduates enough time to adapt on the job. While "struggling" is a sign of commitment it can also develop bad learning habits. The PROCESS WE dyslexics learn and master information is just as important. A real life example of why I disagree with "struggling" or "toughing" it out is in engineering nuclear submarines. In the world's recent engineering history, we had nuclear submarines that were created by engineers (high IQ population with higher rates of dyslexia) who "struggled/toughed" things out in college in poorer countries without accommodations. Many 2nd and 3rd world countries cannot and do not accommodate disabilities including dyslexia which effects 10% of the workforce! What happens is when these nations create nuclear submarines in history with dyslexic employees who hide their disability, designs had fail points which can be easily be fixed. What needs to be addressed is better PROCESS and methodologies to train a dyslexic student or employee because dyslexics usually have genius or near-genius IQs. Training dyslexic employees properly is a benefit to employers because of their out-of-the box thinking style.

[@strange_okapi892]

I'm scared to go to college and I think I'll drop out fast

[@cocoperez7040]

@@strange_okapi892 don't drop out and don't be scared. I know life is always gonna be scary no matter where u go. Just do the best u can. And don't give up👍

[@SanaKhan-kv5he]

My mum always give me Negative and I won’t be successful or anything else, I won’t able to have a partnership also. I wish I was successful unfortunately I’m not , it’s my fault always listen to my mum.

[@TeresaBenson]

Having my learning disability in college was the hardest thing I ever had to go through. I had professors straight up tell me that I want succeed. I finished college algebra within the first two months early with a C and immediately did statistics and got done within a month or two and finished with a B.

[@jenniferbullett7254]

Wow!!! That's fantastic, Congratulations!!!

[@BIGREDD9305]

It’s ok. My professor told me I study hard. After saying I was smart, but he corrected it. 🤣

[@bltwell5258]

You don’t have a learning disability!

[@shaunaeowens7327]

I have a learning disability myself and it makes me mad and I feel like I'm not normal because I want a career but I don't know about that.

[@rickyruiz9908]

Same 💔 depresión hits me hard

[@ramonajavier5938]

currently feeling like this i sometimes really hate having a learning disability it sucks

[@strange_okapi892]

When I was younger I hear learning disabilities when we were in a meeting for me. I don't know for sure if I have it but i know something ain't right.

[@seanm7539]

Can I ask you a question Shaunae what is normal anyway? No one is born ““ normal everyone has something different about the weather that is your face looks different than everyone else one of your legs is bigger than the other and we all learn differently I’ll give you personal experience of mine. I was 10 Years old In grade school. And my teacher kept getting mad at me because I kept getting the wrong answer and she said you do realize that if you don’t do this you’ll never succeed in life.

[@arwenbarrett2642]

Thanks for not just calling me lazy.

[@Doe7251]

She's actually a genius for touching on this subject iv never heard any stand up and ask for education to be changed for people with learning disabilities

[@ariellathebohemian6381]

She is my cousin!! I am proud of you Lexi!!

[@ariellathebohemian6381]

@Thawne yeah on my mom’s side.

[@ariellathebohemian6381]

@Thawne my mom’s sister (my aunt’s) daughter lol

[@TheMspoodle2]

I have a learning disability and a speech impediment. Plus, I'm 40 returning to college..god help me.

[@iliedimstillinmyroomhiding998]

restless journey good luck with your study

[@alarmsquadnj]

restless journey I’m in the same boat turning 47

[@srtj.av.2556]

Same here over 35 and going back to college we are more patient now we can conquer this!

[@seanm7539]

Hey keep your head up and don’t get discouraged and even if you do keep striving forward and also I would try and make friends with good people who understand you

[@mikegrumann622]

You, got this. Stay Positive my friend!!

[@Cy_Cyborg]

I have a learning disability called Cognitive Dysfunction that has similar symptoms to what you descried, though its not as severe. I forget things, loose track of what I'm saying mid-sentence or loose count. I can't add passed 10 either without a calculator unless i can remember a certain pattern to it and need my fingers to count, and that made me very unpopular with my math teacher I had through most of high school. I could never finish my work on time and the class rule was whatever you don't finish is homework, and I had so much homework every single day I couldn't finish it all, and she just said I was lazy and gave me detention for it, despite the school's support staff knowing about it and trying to explain it to her, she never believed them, or the doctor's reports I gave her explaining my disability. I remember being in year 9 or 10 math, and feeling so ashamed of myself because of a comment she made (I don't THINK it was aimed at me specifically, but i had my head in my workbook so I couldn't tell) where she joked that anyone who needs their fingers to count needs to go back to kindergarten. I ended up getting the government's board of education to recognise my disability right before my final year 10 exams, despite the fact she refused to submit her report and opinion on my condition. I got special provisions for my exams and ended up acing them, including math and this year i graduated from university.

[@joshdebarros3231]

God bless you ! I'm happy you got through it because it is tough. I give you props for how far you came. honestly I don't know what disability I'm dignosed with but I struggle with school so bad and that's why I never finished ! I was too embarrassed. My memory is terrible. I wish I could go back I'm 24

[@strange_okapi892]

That's incredible!

[@ariamembreno6119]

:( I needed this ted talk... I have a physical disability, ADHD, and mood problems. All of this combined makes it sooo difficult to study, learn, memorize, and find motivation to type and do homework through the severe pain i have due to my physical disability. I don't feel comfortable talking about my disabilities and i feel like in my last class my professor was constantly out to get me and getting mad over turning in assignments late.. even though he knew about my disability and accommodations:/

[@pandaamachine]

I have a auditory and visual processing disorder and a LD for short term memory and sequential memory recall. You must advocate yourself in higher education. I just got my doctorates in educational leadership with a 4.0 which took me three years and prior my masters in education with a 3.9 gpa which took me one year. I barely got a 3.0 for my bachelors which took over eight years. Classes get easier when you’re able to take courses that you’re actually interested in and want to pursue. Just do NOT let anyone ever make you second guess yourself. You process information differently than the rest of the world which which gives you skills and perspectives that are so so valuable. If professors don’t know how to present information to you in a way that’s accessible to how you learn, it’s their own failure as an educator to implement UDL or universal design for learning. It’s not because you lack ANYTHING. Figure out how you learn best, apply it and capitalize off those skills.

[@tyramong7758]

I’m 24 I’m stilling using my finger to count😭this hit hard

[@strange_okapi892]

Don't worry your not alone i use my fingers all the time I'm 17

[@morningraindrops]

31 here, still use my fingers to count.

[@wolfracer18]

Thank God I am not the only one. I am 19 years and I still count fingers 😢

[@elizabethmendoza5542]

In elementary, middle school, I used to get yelled at by my teachers saying "this is ridiculous." You are a grown lady. My elementary teacher said, "you won't pass 6th grade, middle school, and high school nobody will accept you." It was hard and depressing I wanted to take my own life I felt I was the only one, will I even have a business, or be good at math which is important, or your future? I also overthink a lot of what was going to happen to me.

[@elizabethmendoza5542]

Thank you if you read this.🙂

[@Coolscarykid]

I still use my fingers to count. When you asked to add 9+7 is. I used my fingers and got 16

[@thenextshenanigantownandth4393]

You most likely have a form of maths dyslexia called dyscalculia .

[@Ernest_XX]

Me toi

[@lihibaby2352]

SAME HERE!!! 😩

[@strange_okapi892]

I still use my fingers all the time when I add, subtract and multiply. Also I thought she said 1+7.

[@crystalgreen1443]

I used to do the same thing but I like to practice on a piece of paper

[@waynemcfarlane9175]

Great point, while students with learning disabilities are taking the time to talk and proof to their professors they have learning disabilities that is time taken away from studying and essay writing.

[@highlander9936]

I agreed with your statement they should just make colleges that specialized un learning disabilities

[@waynemcfarlane9175]

In Scotland all students training to becomes teachers learn about dyslexia.

[@highlander9936]

That is great Wayne Mc Farlane Scotland educational system Is ahead of Time. Addressing Learning Disabilities

[@SDS-ee9js]

I have a learning disability too as well as ADHD and I was in a special Ed class in elementary school but in high school I was put in all regular classes with mostly bad teachers that did not understand my disability and didn’t give me appropriate accommodations. (Even when I asked for them and even though I had an IEP) It’s honestly a miracle I passed high school but I’m going to college this fall and I am honestly terrified

[@aninge_fetzer]

you can do this❤️

[@SDS-ee9js]

@@aninge_fetzer thank you ❤️

[@wendilentshangase1871]

You can do it 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾 just believe in yourself. How is college so far?

[@RavenVonK]

I have received IEP services through out Middle School and High School since I severely struggle with math. I am now in college and I am taking Mechatronics, (mechanical and electrical engineering). I ended up getting an Incomplete for my Algebra 94 since the struggle was real and now thanks to this I am on financial aid warning. I've never been average and have always been below average. I really don't know how to change that.

[@3dm1n49]

I can definitely relate I have ADHD and want to major engineering. How is it going now?

[@Americangal18]

How are you doing today?

[@frog6054]

I ended up having to cheat and copy to pass my test.

[@ninimuzz]

For those of us that struggle with this daily! I'm 56 and still have problems that keep me feeling alone! People do not understand the struggle! I thought that Department of Rehabilitation would help but that was a dead end. Please if you have the info to help people that have this struggle... We need HELP....

[@ferminlujano5151]

I'm a student with a learning disabilities and I struggle every day in higher education. I need some suggestion? Believe or not it"s difficult to face these challenges. I always advocate myself every day.

[@chuycarrillo5210]

I feel the same way about my life...

[@craigmacdermott4359]

actually start out with what is in demand in the labor market for example stem, i.t. medical, or you can go into a military as well or into the trades learn a get a 2 year degree at a trade school or local community college. You can get tested to see what your learning disability is in which in the you tube video a memory disorder is a common problem as to adhd ect.

[@craigmacdermott4359]

Step 1 get your i.q. test then look up major by i.q. which will point you in a good start position. Nothing wrong with going to college or trade school but they are in business to make money so do not just think going to school for 2,4,6 years is going to get you a high paying job right off the bat either work go to school part time first then as time goes on you can spend more time each semester taking more classes if you just dip your toe in the water as first inintll you find out what you want to do for a living along with not getting into debt with student loans that you can't pay off which you will end up in a even biger hole then your where befor going to school.

[@daniellamanzanales3320]

This is so inspiring.. made me cry because I have a learning disability

[@hathortheshapeshifter]

I’m so so sooooooo proud of you!!!! Just getting up there I can’t do that... in my nursing class I had to be part of group when it was my turn I choked on the word tracheotomy saw white, got dizzy and almost passed out... I too have to learn in a story format to remember. It’s so true ab documentation. I just was printing my forms for my new college in GA. It’s been 9 months and I just now found a doctor... I changed 5 answers which made me get a 70 which made me fail. Although my advisor told me I need to test in a room by myself, I can’t until I have my forms filled out. In order to do that, I have to have an assessment part 2 completed..... the doctor can’t do that the same week. I have 4 exams

[@neon_lines]

I have four moderate learning difficulties and yet I am in my second year of my Medieval history degree :) we can do it always! 💙 My blue tinted glasses were a life changer

[@animegirlhaven]

I am had learning disability feel worst but i will finish school do my best

[@sherry8pilot174]

Lilith Mimai i wise the best for you bud

[@Thill_plays35]

Man this is so emotional, because I have learning disability. It's hard for me a lot to do math and read a bit!

[@normaaliihminen722]

I have Specific language impairment and it has troubled me right from the start from preschool to vocational school and high school on top of that our country has 2 official languages. I was studying dual qualification but ended up with only vocational school degree because turns out matriculation examinations were harder than I thought. My point of this isn’t I want affirmative action to me. Only thing I only ask for is more time to the exams and mentoring.

[@stacysolivan4556]

I was born with a LD and was in speech and special ed in classes through school. I also have a twin sister that does not have problems, but it hard for me to grow up in her shadow. I real this video.

[@kathythureen6502]

SHE'S A SWEET PERSON. THIS IS VERY INFORMATIVE. THIS GIRL IS VERY ATTRACTIVE.

[@Ernest_XX]

You sound like you have savire dyslexia or some thing

[@strange_okapi892]

You think? I can't tell what so ever

[@asecretcourtofcrowsandcloc4084]

This is a great and important speech. I think you will do excellent in the health field because I for one would rather have a healthcare professional who understands my diagnosis and my particular situation and history, then one who just knows it by memorizing.

[@dilbagjhuty5806]

That level of planning she had to create that formula sheet and to understand her strengths so well as well her weaknesses is inspirational.

[@Queenshaylivetv]

im sitting here crying because deep down i feel like i cant do it i discourage myself all the time i want to go to school for nursing assistant.

[@mattboselli1099]

Dame, balling up. Very emotional, very true.brave young lad

[@srtj.av.2556]

Humans are individuals you can't ask a dog to climb a tree... But a giraffe found its own way to eat from the higher leafs! We learn on a different pase and way, let us find our way to learn!

[@uzairmahmood985]

I have a learning disability in math which also effects my personality

[@RaffaelloLorenzusSayde]

Same here I get high anxiety levels as a side effect of learning disability which cause me to pull hairs

[@crystalzamora7094]

Is why i was so afraid to attend college im 31 and still have the disability i want to attend college but i dont know if i can succeed i have poor writing, math aint great i dont understand what people are saying or give them a good feedback im a very slow learner

[@CathieZimmerman]

Crystal Zamora Please, don’t give up. I have struggled with the results from traumatic brain injury 20 years ago. I have almost completed my master degree in Professional Counseling and Expressive Art Therapy. Where ever you check into going... speak with their Disability Resource Center or Coordinator to discuss your options and how they can help you accomplish your goals. You can do this!

[@nmccray4494]

Did you ever go to college after seeing this?

[@ArchCraftGaming]

I’m watching this video right now because I’m fighting my university on this very thing

[@crespo0519]

What a great video. I have two boys w needs and am still learning how to be the best advocate for them and build them up

[@alcidesgomez1045]

I count with my fingers. I am 31

[@imdjc4]

8:22 Brilliant hypothesis. Comprehension for sacrificial memory. Nice.

[@RaffaelloLorenzusSayde]

Between 75 and 85 or above grades as an acceptance rate for universities and coleges (for medicine, engineering, business, architect, etc.) shouldn't affect students with learning disabilities (between 65 and 70 grade or a bit lower is good enough). Who agrees with me? If yes, then give me like, and help me to make this a right for individuals like us in all institutional educations worldwide!

[@PrincePalmUwU]

I have learning disability myself and I wont hold the label against me and hold me back for becoming an nurse anesthetist, this will be a challenge for me but I dont care I need a career and retirement plan, I will be the first to achieve an CRNA degree as a learning disability man rather I fail or succeed I will not hold back!

[@meetchbleach2957]

She is beyond brave.

[@zoeleecotterorjoey8862]

I am dyslexic, dyspraxia and photographic epilepsy and absences and special needs not fun I am sssoooo slow at EVERYTHING I pray that God could have made me different 🙏 💜✝️💜✝️🙏

[@yenvu6883]

Hun Me to but God made us this way for a reason.

[@brookemaddox9456]

Psalm 139:14- I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. I also have learning disabilities, Jesus loves you just the way you are! You are prefect to God in every way. Try your best not to feel like you need to change because God has made you perfect for your purpose!

[@zoeleecotterorjoey8862]

Thank you guys so much for that it honestly means the world and haven to me thanks 💜✝️☺️ hoping and praying God helps u long in life he ie so great and powerful trust in him love ya and again lol thank you

[@SageGarlandSingerSongwriter]

"Your professors do not know how to specifically help you. They are not learning specialists..." This sounds like a hiring issue to me. People who do not want to specialize in learning should not become professors.

[@PeteS_1994]

It’s the reality though. Nowadays teachers teach but don’t know too much about how to best deal with neurological disorders.

[@pw3lawson]

who tf put a thumbs down??

[@strange_okapi892]

People who doesn't believe people have learning disabilities

[@waynemcfarlane9175]

People also believe taxes should not be used on students with learning disabilities. They have no problem giving straight A students scholarship to make it easier for them. Scholarship money does counts as taxes.

[@RaffaelloLorenzusSayde]

Probably those type of people who hate me for being honest about my learning disability.

[@zoeleecotterorjoey8862]

You broke it down for yourself smart I sometimes try that myself

[@courtneycrow4580]

It can feel amazing to finally be diagnosed with something.

[@marysnook98]

She seems like such a lovely woman.

[@heathersisto1119]

She was so great and confedent , and a lot of people are so stuck on making great grades that they forget about other people that have to learn in differant ways to make things better for themselves , in their lives too . I hope disabilities advocate go threwout society and make other people like other students , business people responsible with not discussing the difference ways people learn because that is why they created disabilities learning to , so a person can learn at whatever difacult subject he or she has and not be known to other people who already have the grades to protect themselves from people who have use techniques so other people that have so much of an advantage that they don't have to worry if they get short changed by any and everyone who does not know their struggles . Their are people that prey on certain people and certain employee's or other learnings should not let other people devuldge the kinds of disabilty learnings . And only disability trained people are able to give the best advice and they are some of the greatest people ever exspecailly if the learning is constantly enterfering with so much of everything or everyday life ; but if you just try and stay as focused as possible . Learning differences does start to happen for a better but just trust professional that teach , or tutor you and other advocates that are specialized in these kinds of learning . They make all the difference in the world and so do student like her too . I too have been a learning student of with disability learners for 8 plus years and it's a ongoing struggle but I just say to my self with any and every struggle . I CAN read it better , count it better and things start to happen and maybe not as quick or all the subject everyone is able to do , or learn . I repeated the same students for 8 years and still study but a progress is what we as students just have to be do proud 8f others student that do things like what she spoke and she is studing medical too . That is beautiful accomplishment . I applaud her with so much greatness and I know she is gonna be a great health care professional too . I love her strength to glide her speech like great professional . Thank you for supporting students that struggle with the learning disabilities that defeat us in ways imaginable but as long as we have professionals that support us like the presenter , the channel and of acourse the disability teachers , tutor , and assistants that give of certain learning tools to read , write and count like everyone else . Again I applaud her speaking what's going on with some of us and how everyone is differant but she told them like the other professional and this is great videos for struggling disabiltly learners to watch and feel her courage too .

[@fatfitnessvang299]

.I was place in a so call special ed class in highschool but it wasn't with special students just another class with learning disability students like me. I just hated how they named my classes. it was embarrassing to show my classes with my other friends so when they bring up that topic i would usually lie and also leave and tell them I have to go. Im 25 and still hiding it.

[@andythomson2706]

I m 38 and I am still battling mine.

[@rik-keymusic160]

Amazing speech!! Thank you :)

[@ladylivinginthedarklands3405]

But yet in New Zealand employers training providers discrimante against people who want to work but are disabled or want to succeed in a course but end up getting failed or left to rott on welfare .it's preitty sick world when employers and trainers do this

[@boogynights]

This was headeache after highschool.

[@normageraldstevenhernandez2466]

I do agree with this video 💯💯💯💯💯......I was born with Dyslexia disability see video .....

[@spkspk1416]

exactly dude! exactly! and i am dying!!

[@gillowens24]

Oh have Dyspraxia I am in college I was told never to college there support in college though

[@Leslie-hg6wl]

Such a powerful and insightful speech!

[@jenniferhizzy6591]

Learning differences!!!!!

[@jackfoley2192]

She is gorgeous x

[@sarahk4556]

I struggle with my learning disability every day. any suggestion?

[@MM-sf3rl]

Sarah K - that’s the problem. It’s not like getting your oil changed, car diagnosed, but it should be. I suggest getting tested through the Dept. Of Vocational Rehabilitation and Training. Get them to pay for all you can. But get tested so you have a base line of your strengths and weaknesses. Then access how long it will take you to catch up. Eventually, find strengths, work on your weaknesses, and make these work 10 years into the future.

[@ckbradley4026]

Make the problem easy to do

[@joshuaj.chinda9873]

Sarah K I grew up in Africa and was abused verbally and physically for having Learning disabilities but wen I read inspirational stories of celebrities including Steven spielberg and Muhammad Ali I became Legendary.

[@RaffaelloLorenzusSayde]

Refer to the office within the educational institution that you attend and ask if they have accommodations for students with learning disabilities. Specify the type of help you need and see what they can offer. Medically, I don't know if their is any treatment to improve or suppress the severity of the learning disability.

[@joannasprouse8828]

Hey I'm Joanna Sprouse I suffer from learning disabilities all my school years I graduated in 2005 without an high school diploma so that keep me for reaching my dreams I'm an very determined person so I'm trying to fight for our rights for equality as in get our high school diploma we went to school we suffer more than the regular kids so if you would lead to the direction i need to go

[@seongmhwaa__]

ive had a learning disability since i was in the 7th grade, im in year 2 of college and im about to message my professor about how difficult college can be.

[@animegirlhaven]

She good sense

[@sonalibhatnagar8122]

It's so hard to deal with child who have learning disabilities ....are slow learners....are autistic .....and are very very Stubborn.....i am failing as a mother......can't take them forward as they don't remember anything they learned a day before...i am so tired....want to help but what to do😢😢

[@kendercedeno9169]

I have learning disabilitie and that is why I dropout the college, studying is not my interest.

[@PrincePalmUwU]

is not that we have studying problem is the fact that our minds refuse to study, the way I study for exams is first relax, dont over think, dont set yourself as failure and most importantly have confidence in yourself since we have learning disability as a single person we need to trick the mind how we study anything and the way I study is 10 minutes studying and 5 minute break, the reason of doing this is because our mind needs an reward system which the teacher had taught us for many years in this so called ''special class'' so I hope this method help you, Life is only getting more expensive not less. -PricePalm

[@kendercedeno9169]

@@PrincePalmUwU really dont like study, because is difficult, i cannot understand nothing of a read or a oral explanation, my attention is dispersed too, and i have problem with my shor therm memory, i preffers spend my time making another things, in the hightschool i almost repeat 7th grade, i dragged some learning problems for many years, i received psychopedagogic therapy for 5 years and i dropout, because i was sick of study and i did no have any interest about academic things, i was disinterested about read, mathematics and the others areas, even i was bad in sports too and ever i was a disinterest about sports. i completed the hightschool because i was change to a public hightschool less exigent were was more easy approve, that was in the 2011, my fathers pressured me to assist to the college and i dropout in 3 months, a year later i try to make a short curse about internet networks and was very difficult they only had theory read many concepts and listen a instructor my brain gets satured, with that i only can learn makings things with hands-on learning is the only way and i refuse to be separated of that.

[@RaffaelloLorenzusSayde]

Wait, is it about interest or is about the learning disability? I'm confused.. Or do you mean because of the learning disability that caused many failures and low grades and redos it tired you out and made you lose interest and give up? If yes, then I understand you better. Just curious 😊

[@kendercedeno9169]

@@RaffaelloLorenzusSayde the learning dificulty results in a disinterest of study, if is difficult understand things obviosly i gonna had disinterest, and i hate teraphy i just i wanna they let me alone, and they let me learn doing things without book readings or listen classes, my in english is not so good, i hope you can understand what i saying.

[@RaffaelloLorenzusSayde]

@@kendercedeno9169 oh I understand you better, thanks for clarifying. I also have a nearly severe learning disability. Dyslexia, dysgraphia, discalculia, short-term memory loss, etc. Therefore, due to the extreme struggles and frustrations I am also starting to lose interest in studying to pursue my career because of these problems I have I experienced extreme anxiety, which is bad for my health.

[@michaelvamper5793]

I so happy I watched this I'm going for marien biology with a math LD

[@sararivas8825]

i, like all of you have a LD. it’s taken me 3 years to get an AA. Please, if you have gotten accommodations has it genuinely helped u? would u like more support? what would that support look like, the crazier ideas the better!! These comments have opened my eyes & shown me it takes us almost twice as long to get a bachelors degree. i see im not the only one who has been taken away financial aid bc i can’t meet their academic requirements. your comments prove that this education doesn’t take into consideration our background. I would say this should be more of an incentive for a lot more & out of the box accommodations. students like all of us are fighting huge statistics. A lot of us enter college & colleges don’t make an effort to retain students like us. it doesn’t surprise me a lot of y’all don’t seek accommodations embarrassment, not enough support, stigma, and ignorance over this topic from others shies us away. i have a huge list of suggestion but if I were to voice these i wouldn’t be taken seriously, but this only shows how much more support we need (those of that want it). they are so out of the box that I have to consider my peers whether my suggestions are too much of an advantage when it’s clearly taking us almost TWICE as long to graduate. so ridiculous since we’re already on an uneven Plainfield. The process for requesting accommodations is not good either. we have suggestions, are colleges willing to learn and act? don’t just pride urself in being inclusive- ask us how u can be proactive for us. more people like us graduating benefits colleges after all. Keep fighting everyone! you are seen & you are heard. don’t let comments, education and learning disabilities define your self-worth. don’t let this stop you from valuing life, been there. I can also relate to teachers professors and family members mocking me for my challenges and completely doubt i’ll graduate. remember you’re fighting things greater than you, a system that’s not catered for us folks with learning disabilities. wishing y’all nothing but success and that your doubters eat their words!! blessings

[@sherryduva5263]

Thank you, thank you

[@ephesians2v.8watchingforye57]

Wait she is not LD for sure I was just saying

[@crystalgreen1443]

Thank you for the video

[@aaronlong100]

i feel like the way she adds is more difficult for me

[@ijmwpiano]

9+7 It’s the same as 10+6 That’s how I solve it I guess that’s memory based huh🤔

[@rebeccamccready1135]

Watt amazing video about learning disability

[@sannyblas4668]

Awesome speech !!

[@kathryngardner2852]

Could we get human-edited captions on this? When she talks about her mentors, the captions say "men tours" instead. Human editing matters.

[@rherhe9000]

Just called around to get officially tested so I can join college 😢❤

[@mikiamartin1270]

I have a mild learning disability I know how that feel

[@NewEnglandPatriotsfan]

Nice speech

[@zoeleecotterorjoey8862]

I can remember something from years ago but 2 days or 2 seconds ago hahha are bye bye lol not fun sometimes

[@MrTrinitothebone]

@That1 Blaquekid I had Almost the Experience How are you?

[@superdon1chw]

wow I never new what was wrong with my brain I do have dislipcia

[@m3lsalazar335]

How to use this IEP on work 😭😫 sometimes I forgot what my supervisor tells me or hard to memorize stuff

[@justakitty2419]

The way I see it everybody has a disability of some kind. Learning and education shouldn't be standard or standardized no individual is created equal in the mind or in the body. We are not a product or an item on a assembly-line. Education and learning should be as an individual thing not in a mass production thing. Just saying.

[@alarmsquadnj]

just A kitty true

[@randomhuman9672]

Everyone learns differently but having a disability severely limits you, I wouldn’t really say it’s the same

[@zoeleecotterorjoey8862]

I get u hun some here

[@leoxvenomhaviland9995]

I guess I am smarter than I thought I was cool

[@elyzsabethahne2116]

You're very, VERY lucky that you were allowed the use of a calculator during test(s).

[@rudraom9]

Lexie welcome sweetheart

[@fromnowhere8131]

hii I know I have learning disability but no one trust me.

[@shariecebrewster5962]

Get pick on my disability 9r disabled

[@charlesalbright]

Who are the three people that didn't like this? C'mon!

[@Michael-gs8og]

Probably because those people have too much pride.

[@strange_okapi892]

Jerks

[@RaffaelloLorenzusSayde]

Probably a bunch of show offs with higher degrees of education and jobs who are born without learning disabilties.

[@strange_okapi892]

I'm the 100th comment.