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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m surprised by such a late diagnosis. My son had dysgraphia with very slow processing speed. He also had muscle weakness in his hands/fingers which made anything requiring fine motor impossible. Things seemed pretty dire in ES and I wondered if he’d be able to make it through school, much less attend college. I didn’t see him learning a trade. He made huge strides in MS (took him out of public) and by HS was doing well. He’s now in college and doing great. I wouldn’t take college off the table but adjust expectations. We know so many kids with disabilities who are college bound or have now graduated college successfully. My other son with a different issue also has slow processing speed and severe math challenges. He wants to attend college and has other strengths. We adjusted his schedule to be in on grade level math with tutoring as needed. His math grades/courses will limit him but we have a list of a dozen colleges he does have the stats for. He’s also at a high performing HS where loading up on APs and straight As are the norm. He takes a mix of honors and regular classes and even has a D on his transcript from 9th grade.  But it’s been a very steady upward trajectory with a good IEP in place. We tell him all the time not to compare himself to others. It’s so important to keep self-esteem intact. [/quote]

Thank you so much for the kind words! They really mean a lot. We also tell them to not compare to others, but often if it just seems like empty words. Extra hard: an older sibling who goes breezes through school with a 4.0 UW (honors and APs galore next year); works hard but can probably count the "Bs"  on assignments on one hand. I think the late diagnosis was that he was always doing "fine" (or better) but lots of guilt for not doing things sooner.[/quote]

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