Overcoming the Odds

Shessal, Isabel. "Adults with Learning Disabilities Overcoming the Odds." Access to Learning Canada. Spring 1997. 22 Mar. 2009 http://www.accesstolearning.ca/index.php?view=article&id=62%3Aadults-with-learning-disabilities-overcoming-the-odds&option=com_content&Itemid=61.



This article explains how people with learning dissabilities are able to overcome their weaknesses and succeed in life.People with disabilities are suprisingly able to cope with their dissability very well and move forward. Such as, a man named Rob who is 30 years old and reads at a grade three reading level that left school after grade 11. Although he has worked at the same company for 13 years and owns his own hom and buisness of his own. Their are some with dissabilities that dont cope so well and experience failure through out their life and dissapointment. People who have been exposes to negative things such as disability, child or sexual abuse or poverty are more likely to experience a long term effect on those who have not been exposed to those things.Although, through research it shows that many people maintain healthy personalities and become successful adults. People with learning dissabilities have a higher risk of dropout rates, underemployment, lack of job oppurtunities, as well as social and emotional problems. A strategy to overcome one's learning dissability and be successful is being persistant. One person even said, "If I wasn't a little bit stubborn, I don't think I'd be where I am today." Even researches say that, "perhaps the most striking characteristic of the successful adults with LD is persistance." Another strategy with successful people with learning dissabilities are developed self Indepence and being able to stand up for yourself. The ability to stand up for your self is a very critical characteristic for one with a learning dissability to have. Humor and viewing things more successfully are also strategies to help you overcome the odds and be successful like Rob.