Personal Narrative: My Experience With Communication Disorder

When I was five years old and starting kindergarten, I tried to make friends with my classmates. However, things just didn’t turn out as I expected because whenever I tried to communicate with the other students, I was unable to express my thoughts clearly. It turned out that I had a communication disorder, and it became the greatest challenge I had to face throughout my childhood. When my mother noticed that I didn’t have a lot of friends at PS 102, she took me for tests and I was diagnosed with the communication disorder, She had to call a lawyer to transfer me to a private school called School For Language of Communication Development (“SLCD”) so they could help me improve my communication and speech. As I started first grade at the age of six at my new school, my parents hoped that
However, I didn’t trust my heart to transfer schools because I was scared of making new friends and was comfortable with my friends at my private school. This lasted until ninth grade when I was confident and ready to transfer to a new public high school and to seek new friendships. I was ready to learn to be independent after SLCD’s assistance from the time I was in the first grade. Because of this, I now go to Queens High School For Language Studies. I’ve successfully made new friends and have committed into different community service events. I was even chosen to represent the school at their open house and given a public presentation at the event. I have lobbied three state senators on behalf of summer jobs for youth, participated in poetry club, and even help make a short film, In conclusion, this result showed how I’ve overcome this significant challenge for nine years to communicate clearly, make new friendships,and to fully commit to become part of my