Special ed thread

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This is for aspies who are or have been in special ed. I was in special ed for two years, and I saw some really messed up things there 8O

But anyway share your stories!

I have never been in special ed myself.
But I have worked in special ed settings, because in my last 2 years of highschool I chose "health and social care" for my extra subject. And I did work placements every friday, anyway my last job was at a day centre for young adults with disabilities. Well I have lots of memories from there. My favourite one was there was this autistic man, anyway let's call him R, well once R asked me what my date of birth is, I said "2nd Janurary" he asked what year and I said 1993, so he said "on a saturday" I was like OMG WOW! I couldn't believe what I heard, generally he wasn't very bright but he had a good memory he knew straight away the day I was born.
Another thing he used to do was if he liked someone he would hug them and rub his cheek against theirs, thankfully he did not do this on me!
There was a man there with MR and he used to think he was a ladies man lol, he used to say to the women that worked there "I like you!" and talk about taking them on dates to tesco. And one of the staff smoked and when she smoked the man used to cry about it and get all worked up, that's just adorable.

Special ed... I remember it like it was a few years ago.
A: Hey, this kid's smarter than everyone else in the class, but he's kind of weird...
B: Eh, just put him with the rest of the non-normies.
A: Good enough for me.

Though one such class that I was in, a Social Skills class, gave out Game Boy games as rewards...

I went to a special school when I was 3-5 and I was in a classroom with high functioning kids while next door, the kids in there were lower functioning and more delayed. Then when I was 6 and 7 I was in a new school in a special ed room full time and kids were all over the special needs list from high functioning to low functioning. We had a boy in there who might have had ODD because he was a chronic liar and he hurt kids and me and I have witnessed his meltdowns and one of them was throwing chairs. We had a boy in there who was maybe autistic but he was very non verbal and he was very quiet. He was non violent and didn't meltdown and he loved to shoot hoops during recess. We had two boys in there who had Down's syndrome and they were like preschoolers and we had a girl in that class who used crutches and wore supporters around her ankles and she wore diapers, she was high functioning. Then there were kids in that class who all seemed normal. They probably had a learning disability or ADD or something. Back in those days, they stuck kids with special needs all in one class.

Then I went to my new school at age 8 and whenever I had to go to special ed, kids were pretty high functioning and all normal. I saw very few you could tell were special needs. In middle school, I knew a girl who was a grade behind me and she couldn't walk far and she wore diapers and rode in a handicapped stroller and she had seizure disorder. Then it came to a point she got too sick to attend school.

In high school, lot of kids in special ed were all normal but there were two girls who had mental retardation and a learning disability but you couldn't tell they had MR. They were both very quiet because they were extremely shy. There was a Down's syndrome girl in my school and then when I was 16, there was a girl in my school who was in a wheelchair and she probably had MR too because she didn't do the same school work, she did school work that was for preschoolers even though she sounded normal when she talk and looked normal. There was a another Down's syndrome person in my school when I was 16 and 17.

Note: when I said high functioning and low functioning, I didn't mean the autism spectrum, I mean how high they functioning or low they were despite whatever conditions they had.

I found it very insulting when my ex said lot of kids in my school were just lazy and the teachers were dummying up their work. I thought that was the most ignorant comment ever. I don't think he wanted to admit he was wrong so he found another excuse and that was "Oh they're just lazy." But in some ways it was true because some refuse to do their school work and my aid and the other aids and teacher make them do catch up during one of their classes when they be in the special ed room. I remember being in middle school and kids who had to come to the special ed room would also refuse to do their school work. And they were complaining how I get to be on the computer and not have to do my work and the teachers go "She already did hers."

I had one special ed class every year since 6th grade. It was like a resource class where you could do homework and organize your stuff. Well, most of the teachers were downright idiots. I was smarter than everyone in the class, and the teachers kept making me dumb myself down to everyone else's level. Not to mention there was this really annoying kid, who I hated, in my class from 6th grade to 8th grade, and the teacher's would let him run wild (Excuse: Autism (big surprise)) and make me interact with him.

yep, 12 years of it, full time sped until high school were I had part of the day main stream classes, and the rest sped classes. Was with lots of kids with autism and other disabilities, kids of all kinds. Not sure if I have any stories to share that are interesting, and I was just as disabled as everyone else, so I guess it wouldnt be right to tell stories like I was perfect, and they were messed up

I am sure there are plenty of people who come here who went to special education classes, but who might not want to admit to it because of self esteem issues or something like that

Was Shoved in a ED class room for about 12 years

Most disturbing thing i noted was a teacher siting on a student becuse he became physically violent.

You might enjoy the book "Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal" by Jonathan Mooney. He was in special ed as a child because of dyslexia and ADHD. The book recounts his experiences with "the system" and he also goes on a road trip and interviews adults around the U.S. who were in special ed for a wide variety of reasons.

I was in special ed for 3 and a half years... the first 3 years I went to a special school. That was grade 7-9. It was soooo cool. We got to do pretty much whatever. One of my friends just slept all day in the pillows in the corner, lol. Also it was never boring because kids were always going nuts in class and breaking windows and stuff. I never broke a window the whole time I was there. I don't know if I should be proud or ashamed.
Almost everyone there was male, except for me and my 4 friends and one girl who was a hair puller so everyone hated her.

The other half-year was really a half-day for a whole year at a different special school. It was really tiny, and I hated the guy who was in charge of it. He was smug, creepy, and far too red and shiny.

I was in Special Ed part time in Elementary School and for three classes in High School. I knew I'd be a drummer, one day.

i was in special ed until i was 8 years old. i didnt talk until i was 7 and i was never potty trained so i still wear diapers, im 11 now and they put me in special ed 2 months ago just cause my grades were a little bad! out of special ed for now but they said i might be goin back soon. i hate my school there a bunch of jerks.