momjawi

In My Own Words

I'm a mom of three boys and three dogs. I love being a mom, it's the best job in the world, the hardest but the best. My youngest has a learning disability so I've been trying to learn as much as I can. The schools have not been much help. I tried getting him help from he was in kindergarden and no one would listen to me, I was told he was lazy, he wasn't trying hard enough. I knew my child better than they did, I knew there was a problem from preschool. I would talk to anyone who would listen but no could help me, so I bought books on learning disability. I then wrote a letter to the Board of Ed requesting an evaluation, everything I tried telling the school is exactly what they found out during the evaluation. The only problem was they wasted some very important years of my sons life. He spent so many years thinking he was stupid, he would cry and say he wish he was never born. It took a lot of work to convince him how smart he really is. He is now 15 years old, outside of his reading and spelling he is one of the smartest people I know. I wish people would understand that because someone has a learning disablity does not mean they are dumb. I'm proud of my son. Some family members would like me to keep it a secret, just not talk about it so much. How would that help him.

Parents I'd Like to Meet

I would like to meet parents whose kids have learning disability, also parents with kids in high school.