Ok pleased to meet you. I am 28 mother of 2. My kids are girl age 9 and boy age 5 I was born with LD, mother said I didnt learn to walk till I was 18mo old. I was in speachel ed all my life. I don’t know any math, I can do a little + and - and thats it, i’m not using spell check so you can see how bad my spelling is. I use spell check all the time to try and cover up the bad spelling..it upsets me so bad, when people say bad things about my spelling, I can just post a simple question on a message bored, for example I wanted to learn how to became a seller on Ebay.com so I went in to the message boreds and started asking questions about shipping, and things like that, and do you know what the reply was??
if I was togo back to school and learn how to do a sentence maybe I could then sell on ebay. One time I got a penpal, and you know how some times spell check does not even do the trick? well this pen pal told me to use my spell check cuz she could not read what I was typing to her, and the sad thing is I did use the spell check I never responded back to her.
you want to know something strange, I can’t spell very well, I don’t know math and I do have a high school dep…..Sorry can’t spell that last word, yup they pushed me right on threw school.
I also have a seizure disorder but I was not born with that, I got that from a head injury when I was 17. Well when I was 21 the seizures got so bad so I went down and tried to get on SSI guess what? they told me people with seuzures can work and I was turned down but they put you threw all sorts of tests, and one of the test they found was something I forgot to mention, and that was that I have LD So I am on SSI for that.
well just wanted to say HELLO TO ALL.
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Find a computer guru to help you with ebay. Then find cool stuff to sell. My story is similar to yours. F.A.S. TBI through a series of severs concussions over the years. Ya just goota work ten times harder at the “simple” things. Computers are intimidating for most people. You can do it. Don’t get discoureaged. I bougt myself a punching bag to vent my frustrations. Are you with a TBI support group? Did you get any Cognitive rehab for the TBI? I know it sucks but sit back and collect the check. At least your not working some suck job.
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There you go AGAIN. You were doing really great with the last reply until the final 2 statements, then you blew it with your attitude. Get rid of the lousy attitude problem.
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Well hello me. I am Deana I am not sure if we talked over this site before but I can relate to some of the stuff you wrote about. So your not alone if that helps to know. You said something about a pen pal do you want to try having a pen pal again? Keep your head up and be proud of what you can do I realize it’s not always easy.
Take Care Dee
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I took my rose colored glasses off a long time ago after being screwed blue and tattooed by the system. Collect the check is good advise, after all thats all the VOC REHAB types do. The chances of getting a decent job are slim and none. Me’s situation sucks. As does mine. Getting people pissed enough to go after VOC REHAB is my mission and I don’t care who it upsets.
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Ball,
I really can relate to your frustration at the voc. rehab. “system” and at life with LD. I’m totally frustrated too about my LD and the raw deal I’ve had as a result of it/them. I’m depressed a lot of the time and maybe that’s because I’m angry too. But venting angrily at people doesn’t solve my problems and in fact makes me feel worse. Doesn’t it make you feel worse?
I’m trying to get into therapy on a sliding scale which won’t help me earn more money for my family, nor will it provide me with a job but it will at least help me to vent . I wish I could put a punching bag somewhere in my apartment and punch it a few times too. I know that would help a lot also. I enjoy venting here too. What I’m trying to say is that you can vent here very effectively without being offensive. Try it! :)
There are some adult basic education classes that you can take throiugh community colleges and libraries that can get your skills up to where you can sell on ebay. Your spelling isn’t so bad.