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[quote=Anonymous] Yes but then again, schools have "umbrellaed" Dyslexia so now every child that struggles with reading is considered "a specific learning disability" meaning dyslexia but not every child wom struggles to read is actually dyslexic, my daughter is dyslexic she goes to private school and I work in education. People who are truly dyslexic don't simply just struggle to read the texts also can "float " off the page the letters can become mixed up ect. Also children with dyslexia have a much higher visual spatial awareness my daughter struggled with simple math but excelled in geometry and trigonometry. 
 However back to the reading issue dyslexics will never be great at spelling but they can learn to be good readers, but not with any public school reading strategies. Public schools are hooked on phonics literally. Dyslexics do not have phonetical awareness to them a letter is a shape it does not make sense it would translate into a sound ((which is another reason I despise phonics most English words are not phonetic in spelling ) ) I know with my daughter her elementary teachers worked with her a lot but being a class size of 8 kids and a small private school they were able to use there vast teaching experience to be able to help my daughter learn and not be beholden to the bloated public school red tape. Much of this instruction included tactile exercises and visual word learning and one of her teachers also knew latin and taught her latin root words this made a huge difference basically focusing on learning a lot of sight words then to the tactile of each letter and sound then to latin root words this was extremely successful for my daughter. Please please please find a small school for your child with teachers who have experience teaching an actual dyslexic. They will not get the assistance in public schools that they truly need due to the one size fits all approach and the fact schools are truly hooked on phonics. Dyslexics do not "decode" a written letter into a sound to a dyslexic it's a shape. My daughter thankfully is at grade level reading due to the support and intervention from her teachers at her private elementary school, but she will still even in tenth grade ask which way does the "b" go because to her "b" and "d" are the same visually it's the same shape just flipped and dyslexics think visually, as for spelling no dyslexic will ever really be good at spelling my daughter makes spelling mistakes often. I hope this helps anyone whom may read this because public schools are a hot mess when it comes to helping true dyslexics.

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