first grade if you can call it that

 in the 70s special ed really didn't have grades. 5,8,12 and 13 year olds were in the same room but taught in groups acording to their age.

I could read some at age 5 but the teacher held me back. disabled people learn just like everyone else. in 6th grade i was reading 12th grade level but because im disabled i was made to read at the level of the grade i was in.