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Old Jan 28, 2012, 06:34 PM
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I'm going to give you some advice on routs I took to get through school (and am still getting through school), and maybe you can apply them.

I have a learning disability as well as multiple mental health issues, but I made my high school and now my university bend where I can not. I had something called an IEP (Individual Education Plan) when I went through high school. Essentially it's a program that you and a guidance councilor work out (although I think I had to go through a specialist to get the LD diagnosis. I think you need a dx of either learning disability or mental illness) that helps you work how you need to to get through school. For me that meant I wrote my exams on a computer.

Now in university I have a similar thing, but more extensive to accommodate the mental illness factors. I not only write my exams on the computer, but I also am aloud to take all my notes on a computer (some prof's enforce a no tech rule), and can get last minute extensions on things if I need to, and if a required course is online, I and the professor will work something out to eliminate the online factor. See for me, if I have an online course, I simply can't do it. I will not do it. I do not have the self discipline to do something I don't particularly want to do unless there is an actual human being who might be disappointed in me who I have to see on a regular basis.

Those are just some ideas. Talk to your school, or if they don't offer it and you're willing to, look into some of the other schools. It makes it more of a challenge, but it also makes it a challenge that you are able to over come. Hopefully that helped a bit.

Please note: I'm from Canada, so some of the terms might be different, but I would be very surprised if a similar thing was not offered where you are.
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