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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 [...]

I thought that I had finished…long ago… with the stress and sleepless nights that accompany university midterms. Little did I know that as a parent of a university student with LD, I would once again agonize through the pain of midterms. Although I no longer have to sit in an exam hall and write, I [...]

Christmas was upon us. It was the first one since my sister had died. With the New Year approaching, the consensus was that the year had been both horrific and wonderful. My sister, a young woman, had succumbed to cancer. But, our oldest son’s learning needs had been recognized and he was now enrolled in [...]

We all settled into the new reality of our life…our youngest son was thriving in Grade 2 and our oldest son loved his new school. We took a few minutes to catch our breath. It is funny that I have a vivid memory of events affecting our son in the time before he was accepted [...]