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HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
6. Our middle daughter has what's basically dislexia and disgraphia
Mon Jan 23, 2012, 09:16 AM
Jan 2012

(not sure about the spelling of either and too tired to look them up)

My wife really is a master - B.S. Elem. Ed/Early Childhood and M.S. Elem. Ed.

My daughter couldn't tell the difference between p,b,q,d in second grade - they were all the same letter. If you asked her to spell a word, she could answer what letter it started with but would often start spelling it with the last letter - twenty or so times in a row. It took a lot of work both on my wife's part and the school districts, but she was awarded the language award last spring (her senior year) and got a check for $200.00 from the school district. Not bad for someone with a handicap. She took four years of Latin, three of French, and one of German and was also in Honors English. Nobody had ever done that in our school district before.

And as per my other thread - how come she didn't tell me about that!!!!
Just kidding. She's totally perfect. I don't know why she puts up with me, but I'm glad she does.

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