General Perception of Disabled Students ?

Emaheevul07
Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:29:00 +0000

I founded a learning disabled student association when I was at umich a couple of years ago. I found a lot of people were very open and kind to me, but I also found that a lot of people felt threatened by the fact that I received accommodations for my disabilities. My perception a lot of the time was that some of my classmates were so gifted that they had a difficult time imagining how someone could be similarly gifted but also have a learning disability. I created my group to help combat that and generally found people to be open to education about disabilities. Overall, my experience was positive. I was socially, romantically, and academically successful.