How I found out about my LD.

In the first grade I always had a problem in school. With math, reading, grammar and even speaking sometimes. My parents had no idea what was going on, they had a parent teacher meeting and even meetings with the school principal.  They came to conclusion that I needed to be home schooled.  That following year was my second grade year and I became home schooled I went to a building on Tuesdays and Thursdays to meet with a teacher and have my language class. During that time my family went through a tough time, my parents got divorced, had to move from friends,and I was no longer allowed to go back up to my language class. That August my mom enrolled me in a public school once again. I had to do testing to see what grade I should be in because I was home schooled before. The principle at my new school said I could go onto third grade but my test scores showed that I might have an L.D. My mom had suspected but was told not to worry. The principle suggested to go to a place called Scottish Rite Hospital to get more testing done. Later that week my mom rented a hotel near Scottish Rite and we made a mini vacation out of it. Later that August I had started school and my mom had received a call from the hospital with the results. My mother and I went to go talk to the doctor about the results. He said that I had ADHD or severe Dyslexia and that he would have to do further testing and a scan of my brain.

Two weeks later my mother and I went back up to the hospital to see what those test results were. He had told us that I had both ADHD and Dyslexia but I was leaning more toward the dyslexic side. He also had said that I needed to be put on medication to help and that because I was dyslexic didn't mean I was stupid and to tell the school I did not need to be in those special classes. The doctor also said that I was a very smart girl and that I just learned in a different way. He leaned over to me and said don't let anybody tell you that you are stupid they said the same thing to Einstein and he was a genius, I have told many children that they have dyslexia and they hide it and are ashamed of it. I never really knew what he meant by that when he told me that. Now I understand what he means not to hide my disability. Being dyslexic is not anything horrible or something to be ashamed about. Dyslexia is something serious, children suffer from this and think that there is something wrong with them. There is absolutely nothing wrong with you, just because you have a hard time reading, doing simple math,or have trouble with grammar does not mean you're stupid. There are things you can do to help you. You might not have good grades and be the smartest in your class your different for a reason. Don't hide it and let people tell you are stupid you never know you can be the next Einstein!

Here is a test online to see if you have Dyslexia or not.
This Video from You Tube has people describing what there life is like to have ADHD or dyslexia.

Here is an online test to see if you have ADHD or not.  
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