Sometimes disabilities seem to conflict with aptitude, and the disability at least partially inhibits the full expression of the aptitude. An example is the student with ADHD who has an aptitude in math. She can do math problems with little effort when she stays focused on what the problem is asking and follows through with the needed computation.

Often, though, she may be distracted from paying attention to the details of the problem, or she may get impatient with the amount of time needed to complete all of the steps. Her aptitude in math is overshadowed by her disability.

One key to your child's career success is to find a job that she enjoys and can do well. This is not to say that a disability should close the door to a desired career, but there should be a workable relationship between her aptitude and her disability. An individual who is deaf may have a knack at motivating others. She develops her skills at motivational speaking. She has speaking engagements at many events for the deaf, but she would like to broaden the scope of her speaking.

Through the use of an interpreter she is able to speak to any group of people. She has found a workable relationship between her aptitude and her disability by using a strategy to get around her hearing loss.

Some strategies that are used to work around a disability include assistive technology, time management and planning, communication devices, orthopedic equipment, services of other individuals (interpreter, physical assistant, mobility or orientation guide), and the use of assistive dogs.