To those familiar with dyslexia.....

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Did you all have a specific test done that definitively diagnosed dyslexia? I

seriously thing this may be the cause of my daughter's aversion to reading and

writing. I was told that if she doesn't consistently reverse d's and b's, and

if she sometimes can figure out a word, but other times not, the inconsistency

suggests she is not dyslexic.

Here are the issues: She almost always reverses d's and b's, reverses almost

all numbers, reverses the orders of numbers (writes 31-with a backwards 3- when

she means to write 13), reads flash card type words okay (sometimes) but balks

at pages with more than a few sentences, states her eyes get 'blurry and she has

to close them' after she reads for a short time and complains of being tired -

seemingly to avoid reading.. but now I'm sure she is physically uncomfortable

and overwhelmed by it. Her letters and numbers are never aligned, are different

sized, and spaced inappropriately. She forms her letters in an odd way - uses

strange starting and ending points, and uses more or less pencil strokes than

necessary. She will guess at words - for example, one spelling word was SOAP and

she kept saying STOP. She does that a lot. It is obvious that she is seeing

parts of the word, and guesses what it is based on its shape (both start with S

and end with P).

The school conveniently overlooks these issues, stating they are 'age

appropriate' and that she isn't 'all that far behind'. She is in 1st grade. The

main thing is the anxiety that reading and writing cause her. She can tell us

the answers to her homework out loud in no time at all, but it will take her

HOURS to get it on the paper.

Any comments? I'm anxiously awaiting your insight!

Thanks,

Andie

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Hi,

My son lives with dyslexia every day. No one would diagnose him until he was 8. Prior to then they will say it is developmentaly appropriate for the switching etc.

Keep being persistant and try and get a PT and OT outside of school to evaluate your daughter.

I hope this helps.

From: andie <andie6294@...>Subject: ( ) To those familiar with dyslexia..... Date: Thursday, March 11, 2010, 2:21 AM

Did you all have a specific test done that definitively diagnosed dyslexia? I seriously thing this may be the cause of my daughter's aversion to reading and writing. I was told that if she doesn't consistently reverse d's and b's, and if she sometimes can figure out a word, but other times not, the inconsistency suggests she is not dyslexic.Here are the issues: She almost always reverses d's and b's, reverses almost all numbers, reverses the orders of numbers (writes 31-with a backwards 3- when she means to write 13), reads flash card type words okay (sometimes) but balks at pages with more than a few sentences, states her eyes get 'blurry and she has to close them' after she reads for a short time and complains of being tired - seemingly to avoid reading.. but now I'm sure she is physically uncomfortable and overwhelmed by it. Her letters and numbers are never aligned, are different sized, and spaced inappropriately. She forms her letters

in an odd way - uses strange starting and ending points, and uses more or less pencil strokes than necessary. She will guess at words - for example, one spelling word was SOAP and she kept saying STOP. She does that a lot. It is obvious that she is seeing parts of the word, and guesses what it is based on its shape (both start with S and end with P).The school conveniently overlooks these issues, stating they are 'age appropriate' and that she isn't 'all that far behind'. She is in 1st grade. The main thing is the anxiety that reading and writing cause her. She can tell us the answers to her homework out loud in no time at all, but it will take her HOURS to get it on the paper.Any comments? I'm anxiously awaiting your insight!Thanks, Andie

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You are describing a lot of the problems I have seen in my 2 ds's who have dyslexia. You need to get facts and not let these people tell you half truths and nonsense. That annoys me so much that people in education will sit there and repeat totally inaccurate information. A wonderful book you have to get from the library or buy, "Overcoming Dyslexia" by Sally Shaywitz. There is not a specific test for dyslexia but people with dyslexia have low scores in specific areas. So with testing, you should see a pattern that fits the dx. As for not falling that far behind, I would argue against that thinking. She is only in 1st grade. How far behind can she be at this point? lol. You can also go to www.wrightslaw.com and read up on NCLB and reading disabilities and the law. There are many tests that can be done to assess her reading ability right now in 1st grade and you should not have to argue what people "think" might be true or "Might" be a problem or not a problem. Request a full educational evaluation and find out what is going on.

Roxanna

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." E. Burke

( ) To those familiar with dyslexia.....

Did you all have a specific test done that definitively diagnosed dyslexia? I seriously thing this may be the cause of my daughter's aversion to reading and writing. I was told that if she doesn't consistently reverse d's and b's, and if she sometimes can figure out a word, but other times not, the inconsistency suggests she is not dyslexic.

Here are the issues: She almost always reverses d's and b's, reverses almost all numbers, reverses the orders of numbers (writes 31-with a backwards 3- when she means to write 13), reads flash card type words okay (sometimes) but balks at pages with more than a few sentences, states her eyes get 'blurry and she has to close them' after she reads for a short time and complains of being tired - seemingly to avoid reading.. but now I'm sure she is physically uncomfortable and overwhelmed by it. Her letters and numbers are never aligned, are different sized, and spaced inappropriately. She forms her letters in an odd way - uses strange starting and ending points, and uses more or less pencil strokes than necessary. She will guess at words - for example, one spelling word was SOAP and she kept saying STOP. She does that a lot. It is obvious that she is seeing parts of the word, and guesses what it is based on its shape (both start with S and end with P).

The school conveniently overlooks these issues, stating they are 'age appropriate' and that she isn't 'all that far behind'. She is in 1st grade. The main thing is the anxiety that reading and writing cause her. She can tell us the answers to her homework out loud in no time at all, but it will take her HOURS to get it on the paper.

Any comments? I'm anxiously awaiting your insight!

Thanks,

Andie