re: talking about dyslexia above ..... my son, now 29 was diagnosed with dyslexia 2 years ago ..... he only told me about it recently ..... = ..... this explains a lot eg how at secondary school the deputy head (who sort of took my son under his wing, when he refused to go to school as being bullied) ..... + when the Ofsted inspectors came to visit, well they were sat next to my son in the canteen ..... this deputy head told me when he talked to my son = he was definitely A level material, but when he looked at his written work the dh wondered how he'd got there ..... the dh also told me it will matter where as much what my son studied re: A levels, & so it proved to be = 3 false starts in the Leeds area of Yorkshire = difinitely not my son's fault = he wanted to go live with his dad att in Leeds ..... the dyslexia should have been picked up at junior school ..... I still feel guilty I did not realise eg that before going to school my son loved books to be read to him & pictures to be pointed out to him, but when at school = no. At secondary school he was given permission to do his homework on the pc ..... at one time he dictated his homework & I typed it up for him & we printed off ..... sorry to have gone on so long ..... my son wasn't lazy ..... he could/can think outside the box = a diverse thinker as opposed to the more common converse thinker eg he used to think the word envelope began with the letter 'n' eg 1 + 1 is 2, but can also be 11 ..... my son is 10 years a cadman, with a little help from his dad to get going, when at the International company he then worked for, had made many reduncancies, but there was still work left to do ..... = ..... cue my son, with the approval of the Jobseekers Allowance people gets his toe in the door, of course snickerings of nepotism were heard att in the office, but my son showed them what he could do & was taken on permanently, if only they paid him a decent wage - a university graduate would earn more than my lad, with no hands-on experience
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An absolutely spot on example Jane of what I was talking about...A genuine sufferer who was missed.
It is not just the parents responsibility to pick this up...it lies with teachers also. Mind you I have seen some children who are good at hiding their true dyslexia...as they see it as slightly degrading...
Such a crying shame:smileysad:
