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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, the spelling thing is very frustrating. Spelling for me, at least, was complicated by two things (still is) - the inability to understand what makes up the "innards" of a word - usually the vowels in the middle - and the lack of working memory that would allow you to memorize how to spell a word. I remember feeling so bewildered by how other people could study for a spelling test, or any test, really. It seemed magical to me that other people could read something a few times, and poof! It would be available to them an hour or a day later. Not for me. And so my teachers implied, all through elementary and high school, that I must be lazy, because I sure wasn't stupid and yet I couldn't remember stuff. And since I wasn't lazy it was just crushing. The suggestion that I should just "look it up" in a dictionary with spelling was crazy making.  People who can spell don't even think about the fact that you have to have a good guess as to how to spell a word in order to look it up. Try the word "chaos." I remember wanting to write about something in third or fourth grade and not being able to find the damn word anywhere in the dictionary, try as I might. Technology is WONDERFUL, and spell check has actually taught me how to spell. Its a great teaching tool for dyslexics. But it doesn't help when it doesn't recognize what you are trying to say. One thing that might help your son is speech to text - lots of different ways to do it, but simply saying a word into Siri will do, or the mic button on the Samsung phone keyboards. It doesn't recognize some things, but it does pretty well.  Good luck! I don't know if this is helpful or not, but I know that my struggles with school are part of who I am. I have terrific empathy for others who struggle, for the underdog, and it has shaped what I do for work, what church I go to, etc. And I have seen my son go from a light-hearted jokester to a sad boy to now a content boy who holds his shoulders a little straighter with pride at what he has accomplished. He isn't as light hearted, but his humor is back, and it has a delicious wicked streak in it. I'm not saying what your child is going through is GOOD for him, just that its probably unavoidable that he struggles through this...and he will probably come out the other side one awesome young man.[/quote]

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