I am now in a program that teaches special needs individuals(me) to get a job and live on their own. I'm learning life skills that normal people my age already know. Like how to read a nutrition label, and eat healthy and such.
It's a fantastic program and all the staff are really awesome.
They're really patient. Every "student" in this program has some sort of learning disability. or just disabilities in general. We're just slower at learning. That's really it.
I'm in the living center. There are 10-12 residents here. It's pretty decent, but just frustrating. The general maturity level here at any time is early middle school. It's very frustrating for me. In fact, yesterday, I spent 30 minutes or so crying just because I was so frustrated with everyone just being...the way they are. It's incredibly hard for me to deal with it. I've come close to quitting this program because of that a few times already. I've only been here for a month.
I'm here for 6-9 months. but the program is really individualized.
We have all graduated high school.
Example: my roommate just had her 24th birthday. emotionally and mentally she's around 11. It's really annoying.