<!--quoteo(post=310917:date=Aug 28 2008, 12&#58;23 PM:name=deb1220)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (deb1220 &#064; Aug 28 2008, 12&#58;23 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&amp;pid=310917">&lt;strong&gt;QUOTE BELOW&lt;/strong&gt;</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><b>Rose</b> - Pardon me for asking but what is SLD? My son has Asperger&#39;s Syndrome - a high-functioning autistic disorder. That&#39;s why his high school counselors and therapists recommended that he go to Comm. College first. It&#39;s been a perfect fit for him&#33;<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />She has a learning disablilty.......hers is specific to reading and especially comprehension. It took me 4 years of spelling lists to get her to remember how to spell &quot;because.&quot; I started to realize she had a problem in 1st grade when her peers were way ahead of her in reading. It took me 3 years of fighting the system to get her some help&#33; I went as far as contacting the Governor&#39;s office. That got them to snap to it&#33; LOL She got the help she needed and lots of help from me to get through High School but she graduated with a &quot;regular&quot; diploma and went on to Comm. College. I&#39;m proud to say she did everything herself to get her diploma from there, no help from me at all. My mother and I cried like babies at her graduation because we knew how hard it was for her. Now she&#39;s studying to be a special needs teacher and hoping to work with young kids with autisim, handicaps, etc. <br /><br />The counselors were wise to have your son start with the Comm. Coll. it really is a great place for them to pace themselves.......doesn&#39;t matter how long it takes them to finish it only matters that they finish&#33;<br /><br />Cheryl, glad you ring is fixed.........I&#39;d lose my mind without mine too&#33;