<p>I'm learning disabled and probably going to college next year. In high school, kids always make jokes and disses about 'speds' and 'tards' and I don't want sh-t like that to happen to me in college.
How are LD kids viewed, especially at top tier schools?</p>
<p>I personally wouldn't care. Unless you keep asking the prof questions every 2 minutes during a lecture, then yes, I would be preety annoyed. </p>
<p>What kind of learning disability do you have?</p>
<p>Then don't tell anyone. The only people that need to know are the ones at the college's LD office and the professors right? I don't even know if I take any classes with LD people because I don't hear them announce it to the class.</p>
<p>What is a sped??</p>
<p>"What is a sped??"</p>
<p>Special ed</p>
<p>what type of learning disorder are we spekaing of if you're going to a top tier school?
add?</p>
<p>Special ed kids go to college?</p>
<p>He's not saying that he's a special ed student. He's talking about the way he thinks people would react to such a disability.</p>
<p>Colleges are a great melting pot, people will think nothing of a disability. No matter what you can think of in college there are ten other people who have it also.</p>
<p>people in college are generally more mature than what you would find in high school.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice guys. Thank goodness college kids aren't as bad as HS kids! </p>
<p>"Special ed kids go to college?"
Excuse me? I <em>am</em> a special ed kid. I have ADHD, higher functioning autism, depression, and many other problems. And yes, I am going to college. Yes, I did get over 1500 on my SAT and my last marking period average was 103. Open your mind, this is the 21st century. Dagnabbit!</p>
<p>dude i know a lot of people that are ADHD... no one cares. i'm in high school btw. like most people i know wouldn't consider them "special ed" kids.</p>
<p>I'm not treated any different for my learning disabilities, ADHD and dyslexia (they really need to think of a better name!). I actually opted not to have this reported to my professors because I am the kind of person who has to get through things by themselves without "special treatment" or any differently from others. I guess it's being stubborn but thats my style.</p>
<p>Again, I don't see why others have to know about it except for your professors in the classes that you need accomodations in and the people working with you at the learning center where you may be taking your tests and getting extra help with finding alternative learning techniques, etc. And with the professors, they will more than like have something on their syllabus that says they will with people with disabilities for testing with reasonable accomodations and you can just talk to them in private after the first class or go talk to them in their office the first week so they know ahead of time.</p>
<p>'special ed' doesn't always mean 'mental retardation' . . . there are several types of learning disorders and you can go to college with them.</p>
<p>blue... for me its not so much the fact that others will find out(which I could care less about) but its just more of a personal satisfaction issue.</p>
<p>i know special ed doesn't mean "retarded"... most people i know still wouldn't think of adhd kids as "special ed"</p>
<p>but most people would consider high functioning autism as "special ed"</p>
<p>Yes, I am a special ed kid, but I take many AP classes and mingle with non-SpEds. I also got a higher SAT score than anyone I know, but I'm still a sped.</p>
<p>do you look like you have autism or any thing like that. Peopel with autism usually look like they could all be related because they have similar appearances. Honestly if you don't "look" like you have a problem then no one will ever know unless you tell them. </p>
<p>But that's just my opinion.</p>
<p>are you confusing autism with down syndrome?</p>