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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, people with dyslexia go to college. My son has profound dyslexia and dysgraphia and he is currently a senior in college. He is currently applying to graduate schools. He is at a top 20 school for his major.

You need to ameliorate the dyslexia to the extent you can. Accommodate what you can’t. For example, my son gets audio textbooks and uses a software program that reads PDFs as well as uses word prediction. He has an electronic reader for tests.

You also need to support your child’s strengths, because that is how they find their niche.

Sally Shaywietz’s “Overcoming Dyslexia” is a great place for you to start.[/quote]

This is very encouraging, and thank you for this information.  Would you be willing to post the name of the software program your son uses?  Is the electronic reader for tests through the school, or something that you also purchased?  My HS senior was diagnosed with dyslexia in 10th grade but refused any tutoring or intervention.  We are in MoCo and with distance learning, it is becoming apparent to him that he needs some help and seems more willing to accept the diagnosis.  Hopefully he eventually will agree to a tutor or other personalized help, and I thought that maybe starting with the software would nudge him towards this. I am just now starting to look into software like Dragon, but any recommendations from personal experience would be really helpful.  [/quote] There are other more up to date software, but my DC uses Kurzweil. It was provided by FCPS from the end of 6th grade through the end of 12th grade. Now, his college provides it. Dragon did not work well for him. He also uses Word- spell check and word prediction.[/quote]

If you are in MCPS, do you have a 504 or IEP?  If so, you can ask the school team to ask another office in MCPS called HIAT for a technology evaluation. Kurzweil is a helpful reader program. On the chrome browser you can also download text to speech and speech to text add ons so that your DC can have something read to him or can dictate notes, english essays, etc.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/hiat-tech/

For books, HIAT can qualify you for Bookshare, which provides free ebooks of pretty much everything that was ever printed.  Some dyslexics find that manipulating font size, type, color and background can help with reading.

Also look at Learning Ally, which provides unlimited access to audiobooks read by human readers.  There is an annual fee of around $150/yr.

You might also try MCPL for audiobooks - the Libby app provides access as well as Hoopla. The latter has a smaller selection of audiobooks but does provide instant access (no holds or waiting)

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