#specific learning disorders

Hey, so its 11:40pm here so i’m tired and emotional and just kinda felt like writing this. But to all of you out there with Specific Learning Disorders*, you are brilliant. We have to fight ten times harder than most other people, never forget that. 

When I first started getting help for my dyspraxia I felt like i’d been given an unfair advantage, getting to type stuff. I thought that I was just dumb, and that I would never be able to express all the ideas and thoughts that were in my head. Well, I’m now a third year at uni, doing slightly above average, and it feels pretty dang great considering how much shit i’v had to swim through. 

So whoever you are out there. Its tough, but youre tougher. You can accomplish anything that everybody else can, and more, because all that extra work you've put in wont just keep you ‘at pace’ with everybody else. It keeps you going long after you've caught up. You keep going long after you've caught up. You’ll be ahead of the game and be so much more ready for the shit that life can throw at you. 

Its tough, but you’re tougher. And you can accomplish great things. 

And the same thing goes for all of our differently abled cousins out there. You’re all awesome.  

dyscalculia makes counting money and typing in numbers difficult for me (I work at a pet store). Luckily the till computer calculates the change amount for me so I don't have to. I also have to count crickets so I have to basically guess how many I'm pouring in haha

Dyspraxia affects my walking and core muscle tone, which has caused me to repeatedly injure my ankle and have chronically bad posture (which I'm working on). It also affects my coordination which makes competitive sports nigh impossible (not an issue for me bc I also have asthma and therefore hate cardio). I like lifting weights but having good form is really hard for me and I don't want to injure myself so I stick to the weight machines which sort of force you to have good form. One thing I can't really do that I wish I could is play video games. I don't have the coordination to really play them without getting really frustrated because I keep dying or have to restart the game or whatever. A lot of my friends love video games and I would love to be able to play with them but that would essentially be like trying to teach a baby how to play, with my level of skill and expertise haha

Dyslexia doesn't impact my job much, and mine is relatively mild so I don't have to worry about it much. I just take longer to read things, which is sort of embarrassing but not overly problematic for me.