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[quote=Anonymous]I myself have ADHD. I am 43 and was pulled from foreign languages and science which was detrimental when I did hit high School to not have any knowledge of any kind of science or biology.  I felt really dumb! However, going to a Vo-Tech my related course took place of a foreign language. Fortunately for me! However, my oldest was able to complete Spanish and other course work on a 504. My youngest really struggles.. as much as we want our kids to do whatever one else is doing, we have to taper things down for them, especially if they're on an IEP with accommodations. My daughter failed her Spanish last year and the principal deleted the whole course.. but our kids are now 8th graders through seniors at our local high school (which I'm not a fan of anyway..) but they signed her up again for Spanish this year stating it's a requirement for 2 years of a foreign language to graduate! In the state that I live in Massachusetts, a child on an IEP can exempt themselves from a foreign language and take two electives in its place. However, my high school is trying to fight me tooth and nail. Being an adult that still struggles with my ADHD and how it affects me in life and advocating for my 's. Children I make it an essential part of my life to know what is mandated required and A law.  Any child on an IEP that is struggling or having a hard time with keeping up with the other course loads should not be required to take a foreign language and have to fight tooth and nail to withdraw from a completely and be exempt! Not every child with ADHD is the same! We are all different just like the spectrum. Some of us are high functioning in certain areas and low functioning in others! We're all different, makes and models, but our brains do not compute the way a neurotypical person responds to education. Just having that one extra course can throw everything else into a loop! Trying to mandate extra homework while just trying to modify the other course. Loads all to have something that looks good on paper for a high school. Seems completely and useless to me.. however, I do find that it would be lovely to know another language. My brain just was not going to let me and the only thing I did take interest in was Latin. The dead language LMFAO either way, advocate by knowing what is best for your kid. Take advice. Try to find a happy medium but never let people push you and your child stating something a requirement when you know that is there are other alternatives and options to help alleviate that stress and prep them for college and adult life. That's going to be stressful enough itself LOL 🤘🍻[/quote]

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