F.A.T. City

I truly enjoyed the video, "How Difficult Can This Be?", about the way the learning disabled child perceives the world and the struggles they have to go through every single day. I don't know that I can pick just one part to talk about. 
I appreciated the way the participants were put into the LD (learning disabled) child's shoes. I laughed when they were forced to think quick with a teacher impatiently waiting for them. But it's not really funny to the LD child. They have a hard time processing things and to impatiently wait for them causes anxiety in the child. Sarcasm is also no fun for a LD student. They need encouragement and understanding. 
I can relate to the dysnomia. I have it AT LEAST 2-3 times a day. I can't imagine having it 50-100 times a day. We as educators need to recognize that the child isn't trying to be difficult. The legitimately cannot think of the correct word.
I am not learning disabled, but I am left-handed. I understand the frustrations of not getting something correct the first time. I had to  have my Uncle, who is also left handed, teach me how to tie my shoes because my parents just weren't making sense when they tried to show me.  I tend to do things "backwards" to right handed people. But too me, the way right handed people do things is backwards. I am forever getting ink, marker, pencil, etc., on the outside of my left hand from writing. Notebooks are set up backwards to me and I would make them upside down, but then the pockets are upside down and things would fall out. The computer mouse is backwards to me too. And although there is a way to set it for left handed people, most left handed people I know have adapted to the mouse being on the right. 
LD children need patience and understanding. I prefer think of them as alternative learners. They CAN learn, it's just different than the "average" Joe.