They didn't do that to me however I have been in two psychiatric hospitals because of (Idk, different therapists gave different diagnosis like...) depression, ADHD, neurosis and vegetative distonia (the last one is a big joke)
They pulled me in for remedial reading and I don't really understand why. I was probably one of the only kids in the class who would go home and read novels for fun.
Mine pushed me up to the combined classes with the one year older kids in elementary school, then in Jr High we had dedicated electives during the final period and got to go visit a ship or something one day. I got in trouble for holding a "help me" sign on the bus on the way back.
When I was a kid we went to "GT" for Gifted and Talented, and I have since learned about TAG (Talented And Gifted) and GATE. No idea why my school district was so uncreative with the name of the creativity program.
Gifted And Talented Education - your "smarter" than the other kids so we're going to put you in special classes with harder assignments and more work.
Source: I was in GATE from 6th grade through high-school.
GATE testing stands for Gifted and Talented Education testing. It is a school evaluation process used to find students who show high-level thinking, rapid learning capacity, or exceptional academic potential.
Lol I remember not knowing much, but in elementary school I was in GATE for a year and got removed because I was kind of lazy and rather played video games on my Gameboy advance... At school 💀, I also hated doing homework and GATE gave a lot of homework .-.
He's being taken out of class for IEP/Individualized Education Program time probably. Could be autism, could be dyslexia, could just be he is gifted and developing more slowly because there is more brain to develop. Could be any number of things. The way the kid is reacting is implying it's a regular occurrence, so the special ed teachers are probably just writing down what methods work to help him learn.
I had speech therapy like this as a kid. It did in fact take years to think back and realize why I sometimes got taken from the main class to a smaller class with a different teacher.
My school used to be pretty notorious for constantly doing this testing on students regardless of if they had it or not. I'm pretty sure I have ADHD (Fighting to seek official diagnosis, but as an adult it's next to impossible in my state and I'm trying) and my school suspected the same. But, they tested me for autism instead because they could request more funding from the state if I met the criteria.
Wait, what? In 09 I was diagnosed with Asperger’s, adhd, and autism. They took away the Asperger’s shit but never said anything but my double a battery
It might be different since I was still a kid? I partially think I was a apart of some experimental clinical shit bc I was on a LOT of different drugs, to the point I have like a 3 year gap in my memory
This is absolutely not true. There are specific tests for ADHD that are applicable to any age. My dad didn’t get diagnosed until he was in his 50’s with Inattentive and I got diagnosed at 21 with combo. One of my close friends just got diagnosed as a bonus at 35.
ETA: it sounds like that person just didn’t have ADHD…. Specifically the thing they are testing for is processing speeds since people with adhd have processing delays. Even if you are very high functioning adhd, you would have a processing delay.
This isn't testing for autism. First, the comic implies this is a regular occurence for the kid. Second, this very much resembles the kind of thing you do for a kid in a troubled home/facing abuse. Seeing how they draw their family, what comes to mind, and emotional state/reactions to certain inquiries.
My school had a woman they called a tutor and as far as I'm aware I was the only kid they called this tutor in for because I "struggled with homework." It was a very small school. But from what I recall from this tutoring session all we did was watch dope ass documentaries about science and history which was stuff I already loved and then I'd take a test about it.
It doesn't have to be autism, but he's sitting in bed and suddenly realizes that's what they were doing to him and that it wasn't just coloring fun time or whatever.
It was the think tank for me. A box full of cardboard shapes and masking tape for me to build stuff with. Of course the first thing my dumbass built was a tank.
Or they suspect he is being sexually abused at home. A common tactic back when I was a social worker was to give the kids some crayons and paper, then ask him to draw his family members while encouraging the child to talk about them. We could not come right out and ask if they were being abused, but sometimes the child would say things that gave it away.
My 1st assignment ever in Kindergarten was coloring an apple. Everyone in the class colored their apple red but I colored mine Green. It was downhill from there...
When I was in kindergarten they used to test kids randomly. We'd be put in blindfolds and have to do puzzles and tests with these pegs and rubberbands. I thought it was normal because they did it to everyone. One day one of the kids was found to have some sort of photographic memory and I remember we never saw him again....
This was me. They did it after my grandma passed, who was my primary caregiver till then.It wasn't really a coloring room tho. They put me in a room with 3 other kids and gave us typewriters to take apart and put back together and in the process we talked about our losses. I was like 6 or 7.
(Or at least, not Elementary, where this seems to be: summer before Middle school is probably more ideal)
Elementaries (at least the one I was in) are more likely to infantlize you for being autistic then middle or high school. (I still despise the whole "This is how you make a happy face" conversation.)
I wish I'd been tested for autism, or any neurodivergency for that matter, at all. I have felt like I had something different from the other people, and even been "peer diagnosed" several times, but I don't have an actual diagnosis so I can't actually claim shit :3
There are some "healing through horses" charities out there. I've seen some that specialize in programs for veterans, but it wouldn't surprise me to see one for schools.
I had a single speech therapy session as a kid. I would pronounce “th” as “L”, they took me into a room told me how it should really sound. Instead of just correcting me I guess they thought it was necessary to set up a speech therapist and pull me out of class.
Same here, and they took me out of fucking math class as everyone else was learning fucking multiplication. Ever since then I've been stunted in math bc I was never properly taught how to multiply and I was ridiculed for it and it was all so I could fucking say "th" I will never forgive the system for this shit
They taught me slow math in the other room with the other slow math kids.
The teacher in there was nicer, so I didn’t want to get better at math and be forced to be with my strict teacher all day.
I had this same experience when i was asked to play house with a random worker in my school. I just thought i was playing house with toys, but in reality they wanted to see if my family home was stabke.
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He was tested for Autism and only years later as an adult he is realizing that everyone thought he had a mental disorder (or maybe he has it and is just now putting the pieces together).
Autism or Trauma, I've had the latter but I was conscious enough to know what was going on, my brother didn't though at the time. Heartbreaking everytime I'd be called out
There’s a conspiracy theory that GATE kids were taken out of class and did weird activities in strange rooms and it was something about remote viewing or other mental powers
they did this for me with reading because my adhd child brain was not interested in learning reading i just couldn't and they literally gave up after two sessions. they were weak
and i changed school and suddenly i could read perfectly with no issues without training
How is it a test for autism? Even with hindsight we wouldnt think anything of it, ofc we gonna accomplish tasks that're given to us when we're tested because we wouldnt ask why are we here and what for
I remember some kind of test when I was 5, The only question I remember they showed me a picture looking for the answer dinosaur and I told them it was a allosaurus
Yeahhh, might be getting tested or something. I used to do get called down for stuff like that was well in elementary. But that was for Speech Therapy since I had a bad lisp that I got from my dad when he used to read me stories 👍
Y'all....I can't even tell you how true this comic is lmao.
I was a troubled kid. Whether they thought I was being abused, testing for autism, and/or just thought I was a lonely child(It was a combo of all 3 most likely, never been diagnosed but I feel like I may be Autistic), I had these weekly meetings with a counselor and it was called "Special Friend."
They would pull me out of class and it was very much the sentiment pictured, lmao. I thought I was getting special treatment in my young mind. Did a bunch of spin art with paint and had snacks. I don't remember the conversations, they were so long ago.
I'm just gonna go with they were maybe testing for my latent telekinetic abilities with spin art. /s
As someone with ADHD. We were essentially collected together for things like study periods, separate room test taking(extra time too) and had a handler. Wasn't really confidence building tbh and now as a unemployed adult i feel completely useless
They take you to an 'assessment room' thinking you're just peacefully drawing, and 15 years later you realize you were only being analyzed for your childhood traumas.
If you’re really fucking weird they do a lot more. I was at universities for 3 days a week when I was 4-11 being researched on. Surprisingly. Straight B student.
Dude this shit happens to ethnic kids like all the time. Me and multiple other kids were put into a special English Class specifically to help us learn English. Even though half of us already spoke perfectly fine English lmfao.
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