I am writing an article about options... - The Dyslexia Comm...
I am writing an article about options at 16 for dyslexic young people , how did you or do you feel and do you have enough choices?
I was diagnosed after starting college and think most of the teachers was great with it, one teacher however used it as an excuse to kick me off the course.I had about a month off due to a moterbike accident and she put this on my report before kicking me off the course "Concerned with her special needs she will not be able to cope.", This was for AS maths, i got an A at GCSE maths and and A at statistics, and a level seven in year 9 (age 13/14 highest possible). I think i would have coped, yet i wasnt even given a chance to sit the exam.
Thank you for this - are you happy if I use part of this in the article? Have you had sufficient support since- If I can help further do let me know, regards Katrina
For me when I was 16 dyslexia I don't think it, was really taken seriously (although I'm still only 34!). So I was considered thick, with not a bright future - as in the best I will do is "work in a dead end job" (don't you just hate that phrase!)
Options... I think it's important how influential your parents are and what their values are. For me, they weren't and their values and attitudes were oh well! So options for me at from being a child to the age of 16 where very very limited.
I soon learnt that no one was really going to do me any favors so I had to take personal responsibility and just go for it and not let anything stop me and let opportunities come to me by getting out there, rather than wait for things to happen.
In a general term, I do think that parents play a massive part in how many options a child/16 year old have. IE, a dyslexic 16 year old with a father who's a high court judge and a mother who's a doctor will get more options than a 16 year old who's parents are not too far up the social ladder. So I think the social aspect plays a big part in what options people have. It did for me anyway.
Thanks for this - I hope things have improved since you were 16 and didnt end up doing something 'dead end'. Katrina