Hi, my name is Teyah and I was diagnosed with ADHD dyslexia. Life has always been really good thanks to the support that I have around me. With all the help that I’ve had I have became a top ranking student. I have been able to keep straight A’s and B’s all of highschool. Getting to this point wasn’t easy though I went through a lot of stages of my life just not understanding things or trying things. So I’m going to tell my story of how my disabilities have affected me though life. Growing up doing basic classwork was really hard. It would take me hours and hours just to do homework. Lots of crying and tears when in to just to finish one question of homework. I remember most of these problems really started affecting me when I was in the 3rd grade, but luckily my mom already caught on what was happening. I was struggling to spell. I would mix up letters or I would write my numbers and letters backwards, and I would get all my spelling test wrong. It was just out of habit because that’s how I saw and remember them looking like. I will be so lost in books I would read because it just didn’t make any sense. I couldn’t even tell you what I read because it looked like all of the words were all mixed together. It also took me way longer to read simple questions. I will reread them multiple times because the paper looks like a bunch of letters on a paper. So I went to go get tested to see why I just couldn’t comprehend what I was reading. That’s when I found out. I had dyslexia. I got put into a small group and I was taught ways to help me read more efficiently and comprehend what I was reading. During this time I also started paying less attention in class due to my ADHD that I didn’t know I had. I slowly began to fall behind because I simply would be too frustrated just to finish any work. I would always get in trouble for not paying attention. I realized I was making bad grades on spelling test because I just couldn’t remember how to spell something when I could. I really love school and I loved learning so it was just really odd for my mom to see that I was struggling doing the things that I like. I would struggle to just sound out words or spell them cause i just couldn’t remember or understand what I had learned. This also made me really feel discouraged in school because I felt like I wasn’t smart enough. Then as I got tested for my ADHD. I got put on a medication for my ADHD and, I started improving in my classes a lot more. I could come home and tell my mom what I learned in school. Homework was still a difficult, but I had got farther than I ever have. I am very grateful to have experience all of my disabilities with people who care and encourage me to strive for the best. I’m also very proud of myself for actually never losing my interest in learning and making it through high school. Hopefully in the future, I’ll be teaching others and encouraging others too not let their disability stop them from loving to learn. By adapting to all of these disabilities was a challenge, but I am very knowing that I’m capable to be any challenge that comes in my way.