UncleShoggoth

I was born in 1983 with CP and my mother's doctors gave her the same advice. I had little hope at a normal life and should be institutionalized.

I was quite lucky to have no cognitive or speech imediment, aside from dyslexia and dyscalculia. However, it was still a struggle for my parents to make sure I received age and grade appropriate education in the public school system. I had to learn grade level mathematics at home with a tutor, because the public school system insisted that I had to take special education math, which was 1-2 grade levels behind.

I didn't realize that I was actually good at math until college and that my supposed learning disability was simply poor mathematics education.

I have friends around my age (early 30s) who have children with CP, and they're still struggling to get public school systems to allow their cognitively normal children to receive appropriate education instead of a curriculum designed for students who do have legitimate cognitive and learning impairments.

Thank you so much for telling your story!

You will probably make at least 45k a year. Made 64k last year. The job is physically and emotionally draining though.