[TheForge] Fw: dyslexia OT -- was books

[David E. Smucker]

I really dislike the use of both terms -- learning disability, and 
dyslexia -- since the nature of dyslexia can vary a great deal.  I was 33 
years old before knowing that I had dyslexia or "a learning disability". 
All I knew was that in the early grades I had trouble learning to read --  
but by the time I reached 3rd grade and became very interested in science I 
taught myself to read.  Once I learned to read, I could do it well, just 
don't ask me to spell or pronounce words I don't know.  I have since learned 
that I need to be very careful about writing down a phone number, address 
etc. since unless I double check and triple check I will reverse numbers and 
letters.
At 33 I learned this while being a professional engineer, and in charge of 
engineering for the largest aluminum foil mill in the USA.  We had to take 
inventory and I really messed up the lot numbers on checking the in progress 
metal.
I hate to think were I would be today if in 1st. grade it was said that I 
had a learning disability.

Dave

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From: "CGRAF" <adveniam at att.net>
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] dyslexia OT -- was books

> Rob Fertner wrote:
>> There are different ways of learning; Visual, Aural, Tactile, and 
>> Kinetic.
>> Most people are various combinations of these types with one being
>> predominate. Learning disabilities are when there are significant 
>> processing
>> problems in one or more areas. Dyslexia is a medical term, in the world 
>> of
>> education they use the term Learning Disability.
>>
>> Rob
>>
> Which is largely a funding term, and often times ends up with Deaf,
> dyslexic, emotionally challenged and intellectually deficient kids
> getting lumped together IN a class not just AS a class.
>
> We got lucky and the initial help we received keyed into a speech
> problem that lead to a diagnosis of the dyslexia, while screening our
> child for autism. Actually it was a bit more than a screening. It was a
> full neuro -psyche workup, two full days worth of tests. (Turns out he
> wasn't autistic . The dyslexia was screwing with his ability to
> formulate sentences, and he was just massively frustrated.) Our speech
> therapist and the local university speech and auditory clinic and many
> hours with a tutor , taught him how to work around the roadblocks.
>
> At age 4 he was totally non verbal, at age 14 he is entering a regular
> high school, plays and referees soccer, and holds his own socially with
> my older kids college age friends.
>
> Although he reads at age level, the pace is still glacial.
> The decoding process he needs to go through is not as efficient as
> phonics nor as fast as "See and Say".
>
> That medical evaluation was the important one not the educational
> evaluation.
> Knowing which devils you are chasing really helps.
>
> Mike Graf
>
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