I feel so bad for my students
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I am an SLP in a self-contained high school special education high school. I have a student with a rare genetic disorder that will significantly shorten his life, and will most likely kill him before he is 40. He is going on a field trip tomorrow to the zoo, which he will probably never get to go to again after leaving our school. He was reverted to diapers after being fully potty trained due to a reverted hip break that required him to have his hip cut out. Now he is unable to be in the bathroom for more than a minute without getting overwhelmed, and tends to completely reverted to throwing himself on the ground and screaming. He will never go to college, high school dances, a movie with friends, or will most likely never date. He will most likely die in his 30s after being institutionalized due to his disease progression. <br><br>I just want to hug him and give him all the love in the world, but that is not professional. He has times where he reverted to a 2-3 year old mentally, but then he will say something like “I have to study for my math test so I can get high b’s this year”. He still has moments of a high school boy, but they are over shadowed by the disabilities and problems he is dealing with. I just want the world for him, but I know that will never happen.
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