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Young Adult with CP and LD--need vocational guidance
by itsmethere, May 14, 2009 08:47PM
I meant to post in the Learning Disability forum but it's full so I am posting here.
I am a 24 year old female who has cerebral palsy (spastic diplegia) from complications of premature birth. I always had difficulties in school especially in subjects that require reading and synthesizing information (English and History) as opposed to more linear subjects like Science and Math. I always got good grades in school because of great motivation and effort and thus was never tested for learning disabilities. (However, homework always took hours). I managed to get into a prestigious college and SAT scores were 1350 (680V, 670M) without accomodations. However, college was just so above my head and I struggled so badly that I decided to get tested for LD in 2005 at the end of a sophomore year of college at age 20. So what insights can you offer about my scores? What careers do you think I would be good at and enjoy? It's been almost two years that I graduated from college and still don't have a job. It seems like most jobs are over my head and since my lack of ability shows on interviews, I don't get the jobs. I am being helped by my state's Voc. Rehab. but so far to no avail.
WAIS III
Similarities--19
Vocabulary--18
Information--15
Arithmetic--13
Digit Span--11
Letter-Number Sequencing--11
Matrix Reasoning--10 (feel I could've done better if my examiner did not push me to give answers quickly. It's supposed to be untimed, but I don't feel as if it was completely untimed, but rather if I took over a specified time limit, I was forced to give an answer. When I was administered this subtest again as part of a research study when I could take as long as I needed, I got a 12).
Block Design--5
Picture Completion--2
Digit-Symbol Coding--5
Symbol Search--7.
Verbal IQ--135
Performance IQ--73
Full Scale IQ--average (not calculated due to discrepancy)
Verbal Comprehension Index--145
Working Memory Index--109
Perceptual Organization Index--71
Perceptual Speed Index--79
Also, could you recommend a good vocational psychologist who is experienced in disability issues. I live in NYC.
(The Voc. Rehab. did send me for Diagnostic Voc. Eval. but it's very superficial and they just put a genetic category like a clerical worker).
I am a 24 year old female who has cerebral palsy (spastic diplegia) from complications of premature birth. I always had difficulties in school especially in subjects that require reading and synthesizing information (English and History) as opposed to more linear subjects like Science and Math. I always got good grades in school because of great motivation and effort and thus was never tested for learning disabilities. (However, homework always took hours). I managed to get into a prestigious college and SAT scores were 1350 (680V, 670M) without accomodations. However, college was just so above my head and I struggled so badly that I decided to get tested for LD in 2005 at the end of a sophomore year of college at age 20. So what insights can you offer about my scores? What careers do you think I would be good at and enjoy? It's been almost two years that I graduated from college and still don't have a job. It seems like most jobs are over my head and since my lack of ability shows on interviews, I don't get the jobs. I am being helped by my state's Voc. Rehab. but so far to no avail.
WAIS III
Similarities--19
Vocabulary--18
Information--15
Arithmetic--13
Digit Span--11
Letter-Number Sequencing--11
Matrix Reasoning--10 (feel I could've done better if my examiner did not push me to give answers quickly. It's supposed to be untimed, but I don't feel as if it was completely untimed, but rather if I took over a specified time limit, I was forced to give an answer. When I was administered this subtest again as part of a research study when I could take as long as I needed, I got a 12).
Block Design--5
Picture Completion--2
Digit-Symbol Coding--5
Symbol Search--7.
Verbal IQ--135
Performance IQ--73
Full Scale IQ--average (not calculated due to discrepancy)
Verbal Comprehension Index--145
Working Memory Index--109
Perceptual Organization Index--71
Perceptual Speed Index--79
Also, could you recommend a good vocational psychologist who is experienced in disability issues. I live in NYC.
(The Voc. Rehab. did send me for Diagnostic Voc. Eval. but it's very superficial and they just put a genetic category like a clerical worker).
Member Comments (1)
by vickiem1124, May 22, 2009 11:08PM
find your dream and go for it fight for it I have cp right side an ld in math anxiety a sick father and I am in college going for my dream at 33 yes a little behind on things but better late then never
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