For people who are in or where in special education, Why where you there? What was it like? How did you do later in life? And did it have any effect as a adult?
For people who are in or where in special education, Why where you there? What was it like? How did you do later in life? And did it have any effect as a adult?
No idea what I was a part of, but it is special Ed adjacent.
I was forced into a program in Jr. High because I had behavior issues (of course nothing was done to the bullies and attackers, just the person retaliating). It was like a 3 week program where they analyzed you (poorly because I knew all their testing methods and was not cooperating), stuffed you in a corner, and told you do homework for the day and then an hour for phys-ed. I stopped doing the homework after a while and just started playing my GBA.
It was humiliating, but I will say, the kids removed from the their situations were actually really great people despite being labeled as trouble makers or problems.
Anyways, I changed schools, and then changed schools, then got expelled and changed schools again, and eventually I graduated highschool. I then attended university and completed two programs.
Now, over 20 years later, I am actively unpacking and working on these issues from school because I fell through the cracks and was actively punished for being a victim.