Comment by irrational

I worry about this for my oldest son. He has dyspraxia and apraxia. In practice that means he has difficulty with memory (at 15 he still doesn't know his multiplication tables) and putting things in order (such as speaking - you have to put phonemes, words, sentences together in order to speak). But, he doesn't look like he has a disability and he doesn't speak much so people don't readily realize he doesn't talk like other people. There are people who know him for years without realizing there is anything "wrong" with him. Unfortunately there is no way he will be able to go to college. He is basically flunking middle school despite putting forth his best effort because he simply can't remember anything and can't put things in order to respond to questions or write things down. However they will basically pass him since they have documentation that he has a disability. He will get a high school diploma because if you have a documented disability and attend public school they will basically just give you a diploma if you at least show up. College, obviously, doesn't work the same way. I'm not really sure what will become of him. I'm not sure he could hack a trade. He could do manual labor, but that doesn't really pay well enough to live on your own, at least where we live. I'm afraid he will end up with the problems outlined in this article.