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Confused Mom
My son was diagnosed with Dyslexia yet he knows how to read, write, and spell. Is the diagnose accurate?
14/02/2010 04:37:36
Lrodil
I am Dyslexic, I Have a B.Sc in genetics and a Ph.D. I have a 19yr old who was diagnosed last year. His main problem seems to be his 'short term' working memory (he has A' levels and hopes to go to university next September). His teachers did not think there was any problem, although I thought dyslexia may explain some of his issues with education that I had observedin him. He diagnose him self when I showed him my assesment report. He them ask to be assessed and the results showed clear signs of dyslexia. My daughter who is 8 yr. has also started showing signs of dyslexia ( she can read, write and do maths- but has trouble with learning her times tables and spelling- and we are waiting for her to be assesed.
If you don't understand why you son has been diagnosed, then I would suggest you ask the educational psycologist to explain their report to you. It could be that, like my son and I, for many parameters your son is well above average and then for others he is well below. Hope you find this helpful.
25/02/2010 13:27:30
stella
Dyslexia is not about not being illiterate or not being capable to read, write, or spell.
Dyslexia is about having problems learning to access information from and use the visual notation of speech, or the written word. The cognitive skills required to perform these tasks does vary from one writing system to another based on the structure or orthography of the writing system and the depth of the orthography of the languages in each writing system.
We are part of the the Latin Alphabet writing system, and the English language is the deepest orthography (most complex structured)language in the Latin Alphabet writing system.
There are currently 3 recognised cognitive subgroups of dyslexia, Auditory, Visual, and Attentional. So each dyslexia can be part of one or more of these subgroups depending on the cognitive cause or causes of their dyslexia.
Each dyslexic will develop their own coping strategies developing their cognitive strengths to work around their cognitive deficit(s) / disorders. To enable them to read.
The cognitive deficits remain but you become better at finding and developing ways to work around these problems.
18/03/2010 15:20:49
dolfrog (Member)
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Dyslexia Parents: The Story of a Dyslexic Parent: Sara Kramer (the parent of a dyslexic child) provides an insight into the experience of dyslexia parents. She describes how parents should evaluate the courses of action available after a child is diagnosed with dyslexia.
Dyslexia Help: What Dyslexia Parents Can Do: Dr Valerie Muter gives and insight into how parents can help their children to cope with dyslexia and provide dyslexia help. She gives a view of both what can be done in the early years and the middle years.
Dyslexia and Vision: In this talk (the first part of his lecture given to dysTalk) Professor Bruce Evans provides an introduction into what dyslexia is and an overview of the visual difficulties associated with dyslexia.
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