To the editor: Thanks for printing the wonderful op-ed by visitor contributor Sherri Helvie advocating for college kids with disabilities (“Jokes about Newsom’s dyslexia reveal harmful, persistent myth,” April 14).
I realized I had a incapacity at age 39 whereas attending my final class to earn my educating credential. I used to be unable to learn within the sixth grade, however I bought a one-on-one studying trainer for nearly two years. I by no means forgot the lecturers who believed in me. Helvie is precisely proper to advocate for college kids with all types of studying points who can nonetheless be taught at very excessive ranges if given an opportunity.
It’s mistaken for any grownup to mock anybody with studying disabilities and to make excuses as a substitute of discovering options for college kids who need to be taught all they will. Public faculties must have all of the assets of personal faculties to supply wonderful instruction for the 15% of scholars who might have studying disabilities.
David Dillard, Los Angeles
