REVIEW OF DISABILITY STUDIES: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL, Volume 15, Issue 3 Disability and Shame Special Issue Forum: Creative Works LD ShAMe David Isaac Hernández-Saca, PhD University of Northern Iowa Iowa, United States Abstract: The poem, LD shAMe, is the first of five Learning Disability poems about my Learning Disability shame at my intersections of power and identity in educational contexts as critical autoethnographic texts. LD ShAMe What is LD shAMe's weight on my soul and psyche? ALMOST infinite At the cellular, cosmos and spirit levels Rooted in cultural-historical, institutional, and interpersonal levels LD Shame's stain is not on my own doing It's rooted in cultural construction and the hegemony of rationality Causing post-traumatic stress DISorder Played out daily; heavy on my heart Heavy like solidified liquid metal inside my heart Heavy like the seas' mass inside my heart Needing to let go from my heart like breathe to live Heavy LD shame led to dissociation and fragmentation of self Spinal cord communicating threat and fear Due to LD shame Society communicating LD shame System is in shock due to LD shame; this is my LD shame deep down David I. Hernández-Saca, PhD, is an assistant professor at the University of Northern Iowa and the nucleus of his research agenda is problematizing the common sense assumptions of what learning disabilities are as it relates to the following lines of research: 1) the emotional impact of learning disability labeling on conceptions of self; 2) the role of emotions and affect in teacher learning about social justice issues, and 3) transition plans and programming for historically marginalized youth with disabilities at their intersections and their families. Lastly, Dr. Hernández-Saca examines violence within the academy against historically multiply marginalized and non-hegemonic scholars at their intersections of power and identities for their wellbeing and healing. LD shAMe by David Isaac Hernández-Saca is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Based on a work at ---PAGE 1--- https://rdsjournal.org. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at https://rdsjournal.org. ---PAGE 2---