Im 47 and I’ve never gone in for testing or evaluation. wouldn’t know where to go or what good it would do at this point in my life. but I’ve been reading some of these posts and they mention some symtoms assosiated with LD that remind me of me. I’ve thought all along that I had an LD for numbers and math. that the forgetfullness and such was just me. there was some other posts mentioning some other things as well (no pun intended here) but I can’t remember those and I don’t remember under what topics they were. so I was hoping the somebody who knows could put it all together here. I should have been taking notes but at the time I was just reading out curiosity.
thanks
Re: what R some of the symtoms of LD?
Dang!
I looked on the other site and could not find a list of LD traits. It is such an interesting topic I hope you consider asking Neil Sturomski on the “Adults with LD/ADHA” advise column here on this site. Heck, if your question doesn’t show up in a few months I might ask it!
I also looked for a good article on dyscalculia, the math LD but didn’t really find anything. Its not as common as dyslexia or dysgrapia.
Well, good luck to you!
ME
Re: what R some of the symtoms of LD?
I was never tested in school. Im married to a Special Education teacher. she is sure Im LD. I took an IQ test about 13 years ago and it came out at genius level yet I barely passed my classes in high school and as I said I’ve flunked every math class I’ve taken since the 5th grade. I wouldn’t know where to go as an adult to be tested and its not something I want to pay for.
Re: what R some of the symtoms of LD?
I’ve never even had an IQ test but both my children tested quite high. The little LDer was at 142 or something like that. I guess that is fairly common—for LDers to have higher IQs.
Could your wife innocently ask the school psychologist for a list of common LD traits? It would certainly be work related. The fact that you could use it as well is a bonus!
My son is being tested via a neuro-psycholigist who tests children and adults. It will cost between $1,500 and $2,000 with insurance picking up (I hope) the bulk of it. One really slow day here at work I entered “Learning Disabled Associations” into a search engine and looked up one in my state. They test adults for $750 but it didn’t look like they did anything other than the testing and the most basic of interpretation. What’s the value in that? I’ve heard that your states’ unemployment office (or whatever it is called) will do free testing if you are looking for work and believe an LD is impacting your search and/or retention of employment. Some people have found that helpful but most say it wasn’t worth the time. Per these people, the people administrating and interrupting the test hadn’t been properly trained.
If your wife thinks you are LD and you had trouble in school despite a higher IQ, I’d agree that you are LD. Of course, my option and $1.75 gets you a cup of coffee at Starbucks.
Take care,
ME
Re: what R some of the symtoms of LD?
You might want to check out the ldpride.net website. under the tab LD info there are checklists for LD and ADD. also Check out the LD Self-Advocasy Maunal. It breaks down each kind of LD and lists the symptoms and then gives a detailed discription of each. Even though it is fairly detailed it is written so as to be easily understood.
hope that helps
cwood
Hi, ScareCrow.
Well, I’m not going to be of much help! LD is such a broad term I’m not sure there is a check list. I did look over this site but could not find one. I’m very active on a different site and will look there this afternoon…
Anyway, your posts, especially the one re: the jobs and redirection of your life really hit home! REDIRECTION is a great term for it. How familiar are you with ADA? If you are LD, and can prove it, companies must make “reasonable” accomidations for you. The example our HR person uses to explain “reasonable” is this: A deaf person applies for a clerical job at our company and is well qualified. The problem is that all clericals are trained as backup for the receptionist to cover for her when she is out. This person could not cover. If we have a large pool of clericals and each one only helps out for a few hours once a month, it is reasonable to hire this person and excuss her from this part of the job. If we have two clericals and they back up ALOT, it is not reasonable as the backup is intregal to the job. Some of the situations you were discussing, where you did MOST of the job really well, may have been salvable with reasonable accomidations. Maybe.
I’m 43 and have not been diagoised but my child has been by his school. Everything they said about him could have been said about me. It was a weird meeting! This was over a year ago. At that time, I thought there would be no value in getting an eval for me. No payback and they are expensive, and ususally not covered by insurance. Now my other son is getting a professional eval outside the school. I’m seeing how complete those type are and rethinking my decision. His report will go over strenghts, weakness, specific tips on coping, and field that match his strenght and weakness.
Take care,
ME