I was born with learning disabilities which I was not aware of until later in life and social impairments which I did not know about until after I retired.  When I was a child I had great difficulty remembering things and reading.  This was in the 1950's when little was known about learning disabilities and autism.  So I went through school thinking that I was somewhat mentally retarded and very shy.  I did not know I had dyslexia which made reading very laborious and slow.  I was always at the bottom of my class with poor self esteem.  I was sometimes the object of teasing and bullying being also an Asian minority.