Any other special needs kids here?

[ksdnfkfr]

I have kinda bad autism and a motor skills problem called dyspraxia. I need to be cared for like a little kid in different ways. Stuff I have trouble managing myself. It's embarrassing to talk about. I need help with taking my shower. My dad needs to adjust the knobs for me and also help me dry my back off. I need help getting dressed in the morning. And this one is really hard to say, sometimes I need help with wiping myself after a bowel movement....sorry hope that's not too gross and TMI. I just feel like such an invalid sometimes. Anyone else have to go through this kinda stuff?

[Magenta]

I have no physical disabilities (that I know of) other than having chronic headaches and migraines which severely impact my ability to function some days. Other than mental health issues, I also have a mild processing issue. I just don't take in information as fast as others in order to copy it down or follow instructions immediately. When it comes to school, I have access to peer or lecturer notes for that reason.

It depends on the day for me. I can be extremely high-functioning one day and need help just getting down the stairs on others.

[Karkat]

To a lesser degree. I still have to be reminded to eat, drink water, go to the bathroom (I feel embarrassed for admitting this), etc. I am terrible at being aware of my surroundings, so I run out in front of cars a lot when I walk places in public, or cut off people by accident (if I don't run into them), I have to be reminded to do chores, etc. I'm just not very high-functioning if you assume that I'm a 17 year old neurotypical. (If I'm on the spectrum, it makes more sense, and I know some of it is probably due to ADHD as well.)

I also have to do a lot of things with "shortcuts", because I've never been able to grasp the correct way to do it.

I am also 99.999% sure I have dyscalculia. I can read perfectly fine, and I've persisted enough with writing to make it fairly neat and legible, but I CANNOT learn math in the same way others do.

Oh, and as I mentioned earlier, I have ADHD. I do a lot better when I'm on a schedule, but when I'm not, and I'm left to my own devices, I function less like an adult, more like an 8-10 year old- IF THAT. (I'm genuinely terrible about eating, drinking, etc. when I should.)

[ksdnfkfr]

It depends on the day for me. I can be extremely high-functioning one day and need help just getting down the stairs on others.

Yeah some days are worse for me ability wise.

[Croconaw]

I have mild autism and a speech impediment.

[TheN3rdyOutcast]

Not really anything serious , but I have some traces of ADHD (which mostly involves me being a fucking scatterbrain and a dumbass all the time)

[CosmicNoodle]

I have dyslexia. And I have dyspraxia as well, or as I call it, clumsy child syndrome.

I so have mental health issues but I'm not sure of they count.

[ksdnfkfr]

To a lesser degree. I still have to be reminded to eat, drink water, go to the bathroom (I feel embarrassed for admitting this), etc. I am terrible at being aware of my surroundings, so I run out in front of cars a lot when I walk places in public

Hey wow that's the same as me. I can't go anywhere by myself without either getting lost or hit by a car. And yeah can wet my pants if not reminded to go.

What was bothering me when i posted was basically having to practically be bathed, dressed and fed. It's just becoming kinda embarassing at 14.

[Broken Toy]

Don't focus on what you cant do, focus on what you can. I sound so stupid to say it but im pretty sure I have adhd. Like i know its not diagnosed by a doctor but i checked symptoms from the nhs website, notice myself getting distracted all of the time, require special attention from teachers to keep me focused and get asked if i have adhd sometimes

[Karkat]

Hey wow that's the same as me. I can't go anywhere by myself without either getting lost or hit by a car. And yeah can wet my pants if not reminded to go.

What was bothering me when i posted was basically having to practically be bathed, dressed and fed. It's just becoming kinda embarassing at 14.

I can't stay with a group of people for the life of me, but as long as I've been paying attention to where I've been going or I know an area well, I can USUALLY make my way around.

Yeah, and see my parents would've abandoned me if I was that bad (I feel like I'm hopefully joking, but part of me says that at least with my dad it could've been an actual possibility...) But yeah, I had a lot of trouble when I was younger, and I got yelled at for not being able to do things. I hardly think it has much to do with my level of functioning, but it might...
I mean more forcing myself to be independent than anything. Or to learn skills (I've never learned to tie my shoes or hold a pencil properly. Had to teach myself how to ride a bike [If you're wondering how on earth THAT happened, so am I], how to cook, how to do laundry for the most part. How to call and make appointments, how to cross streets [I was always forbidden.], how to buy things by myself, how to ask the right people the right questions. I'm pretty sure everyone thinks I look like a bumbling doofus when I do things, and I'm SURE people mutter about that "stupid person who can't even remember to _____" behind their backs because no one ever taught me.)

Anyways, I basically got told that there was "nothing wrong with me" my whole life, but everyone acted like I was stupid when I couldn't catch on to things. I was always afraid that I'd never be able to make it out on my own (still am) and got told that I basically didn't have a choice. And I've literally asked to be taught things, only to hear "I've taught you this before, you should know how" or "there's nothing to teach you, just do it". /end rant

So while I'm not saying that my circumstances have made me to be higher-functioning than you, I think what I'm trying to say is that people often mistake me to be higher-functioning than I am. I have very little confidence in my ability to do just about everything. Being clumsy and having severe difficulty taking care of myself/keeping to a schedule doesn't help. :P

Heck, I'm just glad that I've managed to pull myself through and accomplish what I've done. Because in retrospect, it doesn't make sense. But you know, I guess some kids leave home at like 12-14 (can you imagine) or are married or emancipated by 15-17, so idk. But I'd also have to imagine these kids aren't most likely suffering from these difficulties, so they have the ability to make it.

But yeah, I can only really imagine what you must have to deal with. :(

[ksdnfkfr]

I can't stay with a group of people for the life of me, but as long as I've been paying attention to where I've been going or I know an area well, I can USUALLY make my way around.

Whenever we go walking someplace someone is always either holding onto my shirttail or belt loop or a lanyard clipped to my belt loop. Keeps me safe and makes me feel secure. I'm always afraid of getting separated and lost. I'm always seeing news stories about autistic people getting lost. One autistic boy got lost for three days in New York.

[Karkat]

Whenever we go walking someplace someone is always either holding onto my shirttail or belt loop or a lanyard clipped to my belt loop. Keeps me safe and makes me feel secure. I'm always afraid of getting separated and lost. I'm always seeing news stories about autistic people getting lost. One autistic boy got lost for three days in New York.

My family just gets mad at me when I get lost or wander off :/

If I'm im crowds I have to hold on to someone. Crowds terrify me enough as it is. Being lost in an overwhelming mass of people is like a nightmare you can't wake up from.

[ksdnfkfr]

My family just gets mad at me when I get lost or wander off :/

If I'm im crowds I have to hold on to someone. Crowds terrify me enough as it is. Being lost in an overwhelming mass of people is like a nightmare you can't wake up from.

I got lost twice. Both times in a big store. Both times I had an instant meltdown. I seemed okay with crowds in Vegas....maybe because I was raised there and got conditioned. I did have to wear ear plugs or buds playing music to drown out their noise though when in hotel malls or the buffets.

Thanks for your input. Always helps to know you're not alone. Weird being smart in a lot of ways and then having so much trouble with simple stuff. A lot of people don't get it. Can't say as I blame them. I'm not sure I get it either.

[Karkat]

I got lost twice. Both times in a big store. Both times I had an instant meltdown. I seemed okay with crowds in Vegas....maybe because I was raised there and got conditioned. I did have to wear ear plugs or buds playing music to drown out their noise though when in hotel malls or the buffets.

Thanks for your input. Always helps to know you're not alone. Weird being smart in a lot of ways and then having so much trouble with simple stuff. A lot of people don't get it. Can't say as I blame them. I'm not sure I get it either.

I just can't handle densely-packed crowds. >_<

Indeed :) Yeah, totally with you there.

[ksdnfkfr]

I just can't handle densely-packed crowds. >_<

If it's too crowded don't want to be there. Like new years eve on the Vegas strip? Nuh uh.

[Karkat]

If it's too crowded don't want to be there. Like new years eve on the Vegas strip? Nuh uh.

OH GOD

I've actually experienced that exact scenario before. I was 10. It was terrifying.