Hello everyone. Just want to introduce myself and say I will be here reading a little most everyday. If I think I can say something to help anyone, I will. Mostly I need to learn more and pass it on to my family.

I am dyslexic and 74. Never passed a grade in elementary school 1950-56, Instead, they promoted me because of perfect conduct. I could not read for the life of me. The only "help" I got from teachers or my parents was the paddle. Didn't work, ofcourse.

Got through high school by cheating and going to summer school. Got through college with "Reading for the Blind" program. It was recorded text books in the 70's. Majored in Public Recreation. Had a career as a Park Ranger.

Had two children. Son has IQ of 168, zipped through school, received a PHd. He can not hold a job. Mostly been unemployed. Daughter's IQ is 125. She is dyslexic. She dropped out of college after one year with anxiety due to time pressure. She has always worked somewhere. Today she is a case worker with Dept. of Social Services.

Each child had one daughter. Son's daughter has an undetermined high IQ. She is 15 and diagnosed with Asperger's. She is verbal and violent to herself and others, almost daily. Been impossible to keep her in a school. They have all expelled her, including daycare at age two, for biting. Private schools for Special Needs, Public schools with an assigned assistant with her all day, could not manage her. She stopped trying schools after 6th grade. Was assigned a home school teacher. Learned everything on the computer. Her dad, 50, has been her main caretaker this whole time. This summer my granddaughter will start college, Howard University. She is a poet, artist, fiction writer, plays piano, chess, gamer, all while on 5 psychiatric drugs per day. She is also suicidal. It's a hard life for her. Any ideas to make life more tolerable for her would help? She sees a psychologist each week and a psychiatrist every month, both with Jons Hopkin Hosp in Maryland. I'm afraid she will kill herself if college does not treat her right. I hope she can learn skills to have a job and live on her own. Her parents are 50 and 60. She will be alone at age 50 or before. What will happen to her if she can not be safe on her own in 2045? I attached a picture of us: me and my two granddaughters. Z has on the blue print dress. B is sitting.

I don't want to take up more room. So I will save my other granddaughter for another day. She is also special needs. Thanks for reading about me and my special family whom I dearly love and try to protect.