LDExperience

It’s that time once again… the changing colours of the leaves, the smell of freshly sharpened pencils, coil note books without a single mark inside and for a number of students… a new school. Going to a new school can be quite daunting especially when that school is a university with tens of thousands of [...]

Click here to listen to an audio version of That’s Not Fair by Denise Goegan It’s so aggravating to hear people tell me that the accommodations I get make things unfair. I often wonder if they have ever actually considered the meaning of the word fair, or truly understand why I need the accommodations I [...]

Denise Goegan is a highly successful university student who lives with a learning disability. She is also an advocate and frequent guest speaker at conferences with her mother, speaking about different aspects of advocacy. She has a regular contributor to LDExperience. Many times when my mother and I give presentations about our family’s journey, parents [...]

I almost enjoy it when people tell me I can’t do something. If anything, it doesn’t make me quit or want to stop trying, it just pushes me to try harder and prove them wrong… Back when I was diagnosed, the educational psychologist told my mother that they should “downgrade” our expectations, I would be [...]

Listen to an audio version of this article in MP3 format. Goegan, Denise “I Know How You Feel…WRONG!” I think that the most frustrating thing about having a learning disability is when people say to you “I know how you feel.” This statement is like hearing nails on a chalk board: aggravating, unwarranted and in [...]