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[quote=Anonymous]Hmm.  There's clearly 'something' so follow your gut.  I am dyslexic and very organized, never had inattention issues and not at all spatial... not good at outloud reading or spelling and bad handwriting (but grew up to be a professional writer).  I think the point is it can present/manifest very differently for different people -- and if she has strengths and weaknesses, it seems worth it as a  parent to try to figure out how to provide a boost to help with the trouble spots.  It is very expensive for the private neuro-evals but would be worth the investment to me.  
I have been trying to track my kindergartener b/c genetics give an added chance of having it.  When she was learning to read, did she do things like 'tap words' and phonetics ok?  I thought this book was good & had some 'at home' initial signs to look for lists - but also had good background on how brains learn to read: https://www.amazon.com/Overcoming-Dyslexia-Complete-Science-Based-Problems/dp/0679781595/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1467899503&sr=8-1&keywords=overcoming+dyslexia+shaywitz
I actually have been 'popping in' to talk to his teachers about what I've seen and also with the reading specialist at the school to push on it and engage them about how and what they look for and got them talking about their training on the issue etc - but it's the type of school where you can do that.

Also, others on this board had suggested going to a place called Lindamood Bell for an evaluation which is a private tutoring (not sure if it's the method mentioned above) but given your child is gifted and struggling, sound like it might be worth trying first (not sure the cost) to see if/what they flag -- although it's a controversial track to some.

Good luck.  [/quote]

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