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\n“you’re crazy he is fine” \u00a0 or <\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n
“he will grow out of it” <\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n
<\/div>\nThis just doesn’t sit well with me. \u00a0At a young age I knew in my heart that Hunter had hearing problems\u00a0and\u00a0he was very hyper. \u00a0Hunter was diagnosed \u00a0ADHD and started medication. \u00a0All through school from kindergarten to 5th grade homework and classwork have been a all-out-war to small battles in many different ways, despite being on medication and receiving extra help at school.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nFrom long nights trying to get his homework done, to \u00a0him saying, “I can’t remember,” to “I forgot my homework,” Hunter was having trouble taking notes and having great difficulty at school. \u00a0He often forgot\u00a0what he \u00a0was supposed to finish and \u00a0studying for tests was another issue because he wasn’t taking complete notes due to the fact he was overwhelmed and just couldn’t focus on more than one task at a time.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nEach year we did make steps in the right direction but in my heart I knew we were missing something and again I was faced with:<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
“Hunter is fine he just doesn’t like to write” \u00a0 or <\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n
“Hunter is just being lazy” <\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n
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But I knew in my heart there was more to this story, so\u00a0I didn’t give up. \u00a0The school we were at stated that Hunter had met almost all of his goals and he was no longer eligible to be on an\u00a0Individualized Education Program\u00a0(IEP). I fought this, I knew there\u00a0is something else that we are missing, and pleaded with them to help us,\u00a0but we were denied.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nSo I decided to transfer Hunter to a new school within the same district hoping things would be better and I could get him the help he needed. Hunter began 6th grade and the writing demands, note-taking, and essays were\u00a0just to much for him to keep up. I kept researching,\u00a0\u00a0knowing I would again have to find what was wrong on my own, until one day I discovered\u00a0it… Hunter has Dysgraphia<\/a>. “Wow,” was all I could say through the tears in my eyes ” I found it!”<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nMy heart knew this was the one of the missing pieces to Hunter’s puzzle. So my new journey began requesting new testing which has led us to finding out Hunter that has long-term memory retrieval and processing issues on top of what we already know. Time to start looking for Assistive Technology to help my son since I wasn’t getting the support and backing from the school and district.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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