Anyone here learning disabled?

[SchizoPolyGymnast]

I've done a substantial amount of research on the topic of people with LD and their lifetime outcomes, including dropping out of school, drug abuse, and suicide. I'm curious as to how many people on here have a learning disability and who feel that their life experiences lead them to this forum and this place in their lives.

For reference, LD includes things like:

• Dyslexia
• Dyscalculia
• Nonverbal learning disability
• Dysgraphia
• Dyspraxia
• Auditory processing disorder
• Visual processing disorder
• Brain injury

Feel free to share your specific learning disability. Maybe you're not the only one!

 

[doomerguy88]

I was diagnosed with a learning disability when I was a kid but I don't know what type it is. I just know that every couple of years in school I would take some kind of test with the counselor that involved things like reading comprehension and looking at pictures of a weird shape then recreating it with these triangles pieces. I definitely feel like things don't come as easy to me as other people

 

[Archness]

Yea, I have autism. Not sure if you would consider it a learning disability but it was outright considered a learning disability in the past. Way before people tried the whole "Autism is a superpower" thing. Not saying it'll literally doom you to be a dumb failure of a person, obviously, like many other disabilities, including dyslexia.

But I can really say in my case it really contributes to how I've become very blackpilled about this world and suicidal. I flat out don't intuit anything that isn't very abstract or something like operating traditional roguelike controls (such as in cdda). I also don't understand normal people on a fundamental level. Essentially, for all practical purposes, I simply lack the hardware to really comprehend people and society sufficiently to fully "Enjoy" it anymore then I am as a literal NEET living practically for free to spend all day and all night on my PC.

It's really quite hopeless, and I really am disabled, either I'm actually a retard who's just good at faking intelligence to myself or others, or I'm just weirdly incapable of comprehending certain things that end up with me just hardly functioning in this society. Either way, it's certain that I will never get the good life, never even find real love or connection with anyone.

Maybe it's not actually my autism, maybe it's just something as simple and benign as "Low IQ". But as I continue to live, as I'm unable to grow into a functional adult, when I can certainly perceive mother's unspoken frustration that I didn't just grow out of autism: I just feel so broken and defective.

 

[fallendevil]

This is an old post that doesn't have a lot of replies

If anyone is reading this, I'm sure a lot of you ended up on SaSu because you couldn't relate to a lot of neurodivergent reddit or other forum spaces composed of mostly traditionally academically successful individuals who require minimal support.

Learning disabilities are extremely common, like extremely. It's just that people are more willing to share the more "palatable" aspects of themselves rather than the downsides, even when anonymous, hence why this post has so few replies while threads about being gifted or intelligent have more than half the forum under it, despite it being a statistical anomaly. In fact, a majority of people who have learning disabilities don't even know it, or are in denial about how severe it is so they don't mention it at all.

Your disability doesn't define you, there are tons of dyslexic, dyspraxic, dyscalculic(?) people in the world who were able to find success in their life and achieve things like attending university or working in respected fields.

In the future, I hope there are more mental health resources given to those who are learning disabled, there is a lot of stigma that comes with accommodations and a lot of them are excluded from larger society.

Based on the experiences I've read on this forum, a lot of learning disabled people are highly suicidal, but because a good majority are functionally illiterate or have poor executive functioning skills they aren't successful in their attempts or don't have the capacity to attempt at all, or they can't exactly describe what their mental health issues are into words, causing clinicians or case managers to falsely assume that they are mentally stable.

 

[SchizoPolyGymnast]

This is an old post that doesn't have a lot of replies

Story of my life.

If anyone is reading this, I'm sure a lot of you ended up on SaSu because you couldn't relate to a lot of neurodivergent reddit or other forum spaces composed of mostly traditionally academically successful individuals who require minimal support.

Exactly why I wrote it. Having a learning disability in a "top 10" school with a sister in the "top 10" of her class just sucks donkey ass. The neurodivergent community online as a whole sucks donkey ass too. It's one big circle jerk.

Learning disabilities are extremely common, like extremely. It's just that people are more willing to share the more "palatable" aspects of themselves rather than the downsides, even when anonymous, hence why this post has so few replies while threads about being gifted or intelligent have more than half the forum under it, despite it being a statistical anomaly. In fact, a majority of people who have learning disabilities don't even know it, or are in denial about how severe it is so they don't mention it at all.

I actually didn't notice this but I'm glad you pointed it out. It's a shame that even on a forum like this, there is still so much stigma attached to these conditions.

Your disability doesn't define you, there are tons of dyslexic, dyspraxic, dyscalculic(?) people in the world who were able to find success in their life and achieve things like attending university or working in respected fields.

And there are so many ways to be successful beyond school and career, but we have it ingrained that poor grades or lower paying jobs = imbecile.

In the future, I hope there are more mental health resources given to those who are learning disabled, there is a lot of stigma that comes with accommodations and a lot of them are excluded from larger society.

If I do nothing else with my life, I want to make NVLD known.

Based on the experiences I've read on this forum, a lot of learning disabled people are highly suicidal, but because a good majority are functionally illiterate or have poor executive functioning skills they aren't successful in their attempts or don't have the capacity to attempt at all, or they can't exactly describe what their mental health issues are into words, causing clinicians or case managers to falsely assume that they are mentally stable.

Another great observation. It totally tracks.

 

[Dark Moon]

I don't know, I have Asperger Syndrome, if that's a learning disability then yes.

 

[fallendevil]

Yea, I have autism. Not sure if you would consider it a learning disability

I don't know, I have Asperger Syndrome, if that's a learning disability then yes.

Developmental disorders aren't learning disabilities, but depending on how severe your autism or ADHD is, you can qualify for services in school under "other learning impaired." I know a lot of people who are autistic/adhd who aren't learning disabled but have IEP's or qualify for 504 plans because they have frequent meltdowns that could disturb the class or are easily overstimulated in a GenEd environment. There's also a high percentage of people who have ADHD/Autism who also have a co-occurring learning disability because their brains are wired to process information differently sometimes to a detriment.