First Person
Find strength and inspiration from these personal stories submitted to LD OnLine. Below you'll find stories that describe first-hand experiences with the challenges of learning disabilities and ADHD.
Today's featured story
I am a child with a handicap. I am a child with a learning disability. I am a child that you would love to get to know.
more…Today's featured story
Marissa Vasquez
Title: If Only
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All stories
- Accommodating Differences, by Donna DeSoto
- My Son's Disability, and My Own Inability to See It, by Martha Randolph Carr
- A Judge's Story, by Jeffrey H. Gallet
- A Letter to My Grandmother, by Dale S. Brown
- A Man's Reach Should Exceed His Grasp, by Henry Winkler
- A Mother’s Tale of Middle School Transitions, by A School Psychologist
- A Mother's Journey to Her Child's Success, by Beverly Weaver
- A Physician's Story, by Jacqueline Earle-Cruickshanks
- Accepting Myself Moving Through the Five Stages of Loss, by Deborah Green
- ADHD-One Mother’s Perspective, by Kathleen Turner
- Advice About Being an LD Student, by Caitlin Callahan
- Allison Lee Merriweather, by Allison Lee Merriweather
- An Interview with Henry Winkler, by Henry Winkler
- Arcenio Nuñez, by Arcenio Nuñez
- Auditory Perceptual Problems: My Story, by Dale Brown
- Benjamin Foss, by Benjamin Foss
- Boreas, by Nicole Drumheller Gargus
- Catherine "Cat" Kelly and the Hollywood Kids, by Catherine Kelly
- Constant State of Motion, by Polly G. Haselden
- Creative Journey, by Mark Williamson
- Diana's battle with LDs, by Diana
- Different Stages in a Learning Disabled Writer's Life, by Karen Lynn-Chlup
- Dsycalculia: My Roller Coaster Ride, by Melissa R. Coleman
- Facing the Dragon: A Journey Beyond, by Sharon Snover
- Fighting The Fog, by Tom Cradit
- Finding My LD Pride!, by Liz Bogod
- Finding My Way, by Tera Kirk
- Following Bliss, by Jamie Janover
- Hank Zipzer, aka, Henry Winkler, by Henry Winkler
- How Computers Change the Writing Process for People with Learning Disabilities, by Richard Wanderman
