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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My wish for my son with a number of learning disabilities is to teach sailing in Costa Rica or something.  Have a little place, make a few friends and be happy.  Whether he goes to a top college or even college, he's well educated being such a book worm anyway.  He has a bit of money he'll inherit from a Trust Fund in his 20s so it'll be enough for him to survive.  He has always loved to sail and teach - he's great with kids.

I don't need him to work in an office and become a VP or CEO.  I don't need him to be an attorney or neurosurgeon or engineer to be "productive."  I don't need him to make X amount of money and live in a "great" neighborhood.  I just want him to be happy, healthy, feel good about what he does for work.  He needs very little to be happy and  academically, it's an uphill climb and I'm adamant that he doesn't have to climb that mountain unless he chooses to.  He can live a "small" life and if that's enough for him, that's enough for me.  In no way does this make him less of a person, man, son to me.  I know his worth and I know how intelligent and knowledgeable he is without society judging him.  His sanity and happiness is what I care about most of all.[/quote]

I think this is a good outlook, but you're coming from a privileged viewpoint.  I have a DD with learning disabilities.  She works very hard in school and I suspect she will graduate HS with a decent but not stellar GPA.  I don't need her to live a "big" life, but she isn't going to have a trust fund and I want her to be able to afford to raise children if she decides she wants to do that.  I worry a lot about how hard it is going to be for her to scrape together a living.  I am more than willing to keep working so I can help some along the way, but that won't be good for her self esteem and it's not the answer long term.[/quote]

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