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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 485819" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>IC, well, you are probably younger than me. It's not hard...lol. Actually, anyone with Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) when *I* went to school (in the 60's) had a disadvantage. We had sometimes 35-40 kids in one of eight classrooms in each grade so individual attention never happened. In fact, they didn't even know what Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) was.</p><p></p><p>Nobody understood ADHD back then. The kids were "bad." I don't know if I had ADHD or not, but I did have severe attentional issues and could not focus. I was not helped or understood. I was "lazy" and an "underachiever."</p><p></p><p>My handwriting also sucked and my work was very messy. I used to spit on my paper to change mistkaes...(EW! I know!). I didn't get help. I got a lot of yelling at and grading down for messy work. In fact, teachers used to take t he front of my shirts and shove me against a wall and this was common back then when a teacher was displeased with a child. I remember it happening all the time in fifth grade. By high school I put my head down in class and slept and had quit trying. The teachers let me sleep.</p><p></p><p>I actually think things were worse for k ids with disabilities and mental health issues back then. There was no understanding of these things at all. There was a lot of ridicule that your peers picked up on and then THEY picked on you too. I do think things have improved a lot, although it is FAR from perfect...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 485819, member: 1550"] IC, well, you are probably younger than me. It's not hard...lol. Actually, anyone with Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) when *I* went to school (in the 60's) had a disadvantage. We had sometimes 35-40 kids in one of eight classrooms in each grade so individual attention never happened. In fact, they didn't even know what Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) was. Nobody understood ADHD back then. The kids were "bad." I don't know if I had ADHD or not, but I did have severe attentional issues and could not focus. I was not helped or understood. I was "lazy" and an "underachiever." My handwriting also sucked and my work was very messy. I used to spit on my paper to change mistkaes...(EW! I know!). I didn't get help. I got a lot of yelling at and grading down for messy work. In fact, teachers used to take t he front of my shirts and shove me against a wall and this was common back then when a teacher was displeased with a child. I remember it happening all the time in fifth grade. By high school I put my head down in class and slept and had quit trying. The teachers let me sleep. I actually think things were worse for k ids with disabilities and mental health issues back then. There was no understanding of these things at all. There was a lot of ridicule that your peers picked up on and then THEY picked on you too. I do think things have improved a lot, although it is FAR from perfect... [/QUOTE]
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