Learner Poems

Vicky Mitchell has been meeting her tutor, Lisa Masiello, for a year now. She had expressed an interest in writing some poetry and she was happy to have it shared here on our site. We hope you enjoy reading them.

A Mother to a Disabled Child

I am a mother of a child with learning disabilities,

My son has Global Developmental Delay and Microcephaly amongst other disabilities.

He has problems speaking and gets frustrated.

When out and about he at times get frustrated and lashes out or lies on the floor refusing to move, People stand and stare making comments and giving looks as though my son is out control or if I’m an unfit mother.

No one ever thinks it may be a disability my son has, they don’t seem to think disabilities can come in all sorts of form.

My son is just like any other child, He’s a Happy, Healthy and Well looked after little boy. He’s also just a little boy with special needs.

Instead of people standing judging making comments or just looking as though they are embarrassed when my son gets frustrated or nervous and has a little melt down, don’t stand and judge but instead try and think that my child could have a disability.

People need to have knowledge of disabilities and all the different kinds of disabilities there are.

I am a parent of a child with disabilities please don’t stand and stare.

My child isn’t bad, just special.

 

By Vicky Mitchell

Proud Mummy to A Special Needs Child

I am very proud mummy to a special needs child.

My son went to nursery from age 2 till 4,

While there he had a hard time as no one really knew how to work with him.

 

He didn’t speak, just screeched and screamed, due to this he was put down as trouble.

He sat by himself with no one to play with or even sit and comfort him.

 

He had meeting after meeting to try and move him with No Avail,

He eventually was given a placement at a special needs school,

And has come on leaps and bounds.

 

He now says words and is just learning three word sentences, he also does puzzles and is learning to swim.

My child is a brave little boy with lots of things to learn BUT with his disabilities he’s not afraid to try new things, even when he gets wrong.

He’ll try and try till he gets it.

 

I am a proud mummy to a special needs child,

He’s the brightest, Cleverest, Smashing wee boy,

That only improves each and every day.

 

By Vicky Mitchell