learning disabilities
“I stayed quiet because I feared my work would be judged differently if I told the truth. I’ve come to see that by doing this, I was part of the problem.”
“As soon as you say you have a disability, they decide you can’t do the job… So many times, I now hide it. And other people I know hide it too.”
Disability is not inability
My eyes lit up – did Mr Young just compare kids, not unlike mine, to prehistoric cave dwellers?
15% of councils have just one specialist teacher for every 100 deaf students.
'Ignoring ADHD is a potential time bomb for these children.'
Learning Disability Week, devoted to raising awareness, is from 19 - 25 June this year.
But one campaign is trying to change this.