This is my son. I’m very proud of him. He has ADD, and a severe stutter. He hasn’t stuttered in a month. He has been misjudged by his teachers and school. I, myself, slip on my words and “YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN” is a common Dad-ism here. This is very personal for me. When I do it,

We blame it on my ditsy mind or my part polish family inside joke of a Polish stereotype of being absent minded. “Pick up the linkin life”, “the wood thingies”. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. When he does it, though, they treat him like he’s slow. For two years he had his karate belt..

When articles like @TheAtlPolitics @JohnGHendy this highlight how we treat people who mix up words and you know DAMN WELL what they meant; When I do the EXACT SAME THING EVERY SINGLE DAY; When my son feels the it’s injustice at 8 years old, it’s personal.

I’m so very proud of my boy. I’m proud of the man I am. I proud of @JoeBiden and I’m proud of all the honorable, honest candidates asking America to represent them. I’m not ashamed of misspeaking or jumbling words. I’m ashamed of those that shame it.

Thanks all for the kind and compassionate words. You can see from here and the photo RE: FAPE To follow, this is something’s he’s had to really work at and it effects his sense of self worth and self esteem—and otherwise well above average kid full of empathy and kindness

He’s in the 84th percentile + in every other way. Sadly, I’m actually in the middle or the Office of Civil Rights investigation our school, whos continued to punish him for his attention deficit. They’ve only obeyed and stopped the Karate as of FEB 2020 which I JUST learned