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[quote=Anonymous]I'm dyslexic, have dyspraxia, and ADD.  I was given some accommodations the year I was diagnosed but nothing after that.  We moved and when I went to a small private school that didn't offer any kind of accommodations.

I learned, pretty much on my own, how to work through my issues.  I don't let it get in my way.

Unlike the PPs who are boasting about how accomplished the dyslexic people they know are, I'm not. Heck, I didn't even finish college.  I found that if something didn't interest me I wasn't going to do well in that class.  So while I've been to college I don't have enough of the right credits for a degree.  I was never bothered by the lack of the degree and I'm still not.  Success isn't about making money it's about making a reasonable living and being happy and I can do that.

If your child learns to read, and reads well, that's a great victory.

To use a marathon analogy, I have learned from my own life, and from parenting a child with fairly significant disabilities, that you never concentrate on the finish line.  You need work on it one step at a time and have your goal set at the next mile marker.  It will become too overwhelming otherwise. [/quote]

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