Students voices matter

[Jenisautistic]

Image resized to 95% of its original size [522 x 600]

Hi everyone I wanted to tell you that I'm writing this and I said I have an IeP meeting soon and might graduate in June I don't know why. I wanted to to graduate in August and then January but now I need to wait until June. I also may be being bullied again but I don't know really understand the bullying too much.
As you know I have a lot of medical problems and I love my school nearly as much as my old school, but no one really I think understands my disabilities. Even sometimes the staff.

 

[ryan1205]

Good luck. I recently graduated from high school back in May. I had an IEP ever since I was in the 6th grade. High school was a lot easier for me but as always, it depends on the quality of the school and staff. Luckily my school was in the top 10 in my state and was considered the best in the state for kids with learning and social disabilities.

Hopefully you have a great year ahead of you and that graduation will be better for you than it was for me. (End of friendships / start of a new life). Don't let the bullies get to you. The never got to me in high school but almost always in middle school. Just ignore them. If you feel like your going to what I call 'freak out' or something, just ask the teacher to step out of the classroom for a minute or so to calm down. Become closer with your case manager and always talk to him/her if you need help or if you just need someone to talk to. There will be people who will always bring you down and there will be people who will always smile and say hey to you in the hallways (Surprisingly, they were cheerleaders who I never associated with). Don't make the mistake I did by not joining any after school activities such as sports or clubs. These things will get you into college easier and better yet to quickly find a part time job.

Another thing. My best friends were students who also had learning and social disabilities. They are the closest thing to the way you think. Try to make friends with them.

Good luck and I think we all would love to hear back from you!

 

[toothless]

hi jen,thats really good-who will you give it to?
i went to a special school and there was no such thing as unique learning styles or even any form of autism then,to them i was labeled severely disturbed behavior,non verbal,backward etc.
i love the idea of educating your teachers and fellow students-i have done a similar thing for support staff called a 'two page profile' i waffle a bit so it became two page-its supposed to be one page officially,have you ever done a assembley to teach the teachers and students? i know in the UK schools now do special assembleys to teach students about disabilities,different races and religeons etc.