I feel a mix of emotions when I recall the day I decided I could not send Sunshine Boy to school anymore. Looking into the…
pamelaDecember 28, 2023
Blame it on the Special Needs Child After waiting for two long years, that dreaded phone call finally came while I was teaching the technical…
pamelaJune 12, 2020
If we were more fortunate with schools, I should still be ferrying him around between therapies, the special needs school and classes to ensure he…
pamelaJune 12, 2020
If not for the current dyslexia epidemic, I would never know that my mother has a 'learning disability', for though she speaks three languages and…
pamelaJune 12, 2020
It was part of my Friday routine to go to the school's lost and found counter to ask for Big Boy's five missing water bottles.…
pamelaJune 12, 2020
Over the last 24 hours, three people had asked me for a reference to psychologists. It is often people whom you least think need help…
PamelaJanuary 18, 2020
I cringed as the phone rang again. Four out of five weekdays, the nurse in school would call me to bring Youngest One home from…
PamelaDecember 21, 2019
TL;DR – Learning disabilities or genius? When a child doesn’t fit in easily at school, is he simply being difficult? Or is it an indication…
PamelaJune 26, 2018
