<p>I have a relative in his 30s who may have dyslexia. He says he can read for about 10 minutes then the words start to “strobe light” on him. He wants to get assessed and treated but doesn’t know where to start. I figured someone on this list would know. Thanks.</p>
<p>What state does he live in? The state flagship U, education dept would be a good place to start. His local school board may be aware of other sources. FWIW, what you describe doesn’t sound like a tradition description of dyslexia. A neuropsych eval might be helpful. The same places would have Info about those too.</p>
<p>There are optometrists trained in vision therapy who could do an evaluation, but I am also thinking neurologist.</p>
<p>I would suggest your relative start with their primary care doctor. Are there other indications of dyslexia beyond the strobe light effect? </p>
<p>Also, here is a site that I have found to be interesting & helpful:</p>
<p>[Charles</a> Schwab, Entrepreneur * The Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity](<a href=“http://dyslexia.yale.edu/schwab.html]Charles”>Charles Schwab, Founder of The Charles Schwab Corporation - Yale Dyslexia)</p>
<p>I would suggest seeing an opthamologist first–could be a convergence issue–usually identified in children–my daughter was diagnosed in high school.</p>
<p>Sportsmom, he says the letters start doing weird things like reproducing and overlaying themselves, like a bunch of transparencies stacked on top of each other. The article on Charles Schwab is interesting and encouraging.</p>
<p>Sounds like an opthamologist and/or neurologist may be the way to go. Someone kindly pm’d me the suggestion of The Gift of Dyslexia, and I have already passed that suggestion along to him. Thank you very much for the input.</p>
<p>I am not a doctor or trained professional in this subject…simply a concerned parent who had dealt with dyslexia. The movement or strobe light effect could be a visual issue but it could be dyslexia. Many with dyslexia will talk about words moving or falling off the page. </p>
<p>The book The Gift of Dyslexia by Ronald Davis is a very good book. I believe that dyslexia is a gift sometimes it just takes a bit of effort to unwrap the gift.</p>
<p>Another resource that I have found to be very helpful is Wilson Language Training:
[Wilson</a> Language Training](<a href=“http://www.wilsonlanguage.com/FS_ABOUT_MainPage.htm]Wilson”>http://www.wilsonlanguage.com/FS_ABOUT_MainPage.htm)</p>
<p>Dyslexia is a phonological encoding/decoding/processing disorder. There is something called “surface dyslexia” that is akin to the old model of diseidetic dyslexia, but this example described above does sound more like a visual issue than a phonetic decoding one.</p>
<p>Ironically, the “Davis mehtod for dyslexia” stuff was just being discussed on one of my professional listservs. It has not been accepted by the IDA and has no research to support it. Yes I know there is a poster here who edits their newsletter, but if you want to look at the researched info on reading disorders, the sites to look at are [The</a> International Dyslexia Association Promoting literacy through research, education and advocacy](<a href=“http://www.interdys.org/]The”>http://www.interdys.org/) </p>
<p>[What</a> Works Clearinghouse](<a href=“http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/]What”>WWC | Find What Works!) </p>
<p>or [The</a> Florida Center for Reading Research](<a href=“http://www.fcrr.org/]The”>http://www.fcrr.org/)</p>
<p>I’m the one who PM’d</p>
<p>I don’t edit their newsletter, and I’m not associated with them in any way. It worked for my high IQ dyslexic when nothing else did. My daughter had no problem with decoding, just words moving on the page. Also remains dysgraphic and uses voice tech to write.</p>
<p>She can model three dimensionally in her head, and does so automatically, and at times has trouble with 2D. This has lead to some amazing science, math, art and music talent. She considers the other type of dyslexia to not be true dyslexia, and thinks it ought to have a different name.</p>
<p>I don’t necessarily disagree. It is different.</p>
<p>Of course, who knows? Daughter is brilliant, so it might just have been a placebo.</p>
<p>Also worked for my father, a non reader til he was 60. (not brilliant)</p>
<p>both now read incessantly. FWIW, neither have vision problems of any variety. Father was 20/20 long into his fifties, which is rare.</p>
<p>YMMV</p>
<p>Did they try other mainstream approaches like Wilson, Lindamood-Bell or Orton-Gillingham? Just curious.</p>
<p>JYM626 - are you an educator in Florida? In the public school system?</p>
<p>They tried many approaches. But, to be honest, I think the others would work for some people. they all have stuff in common, from what I can see.</p>
<p>The main thing for parents is that you just have to keep looking until you find what works for your kid. I don’t think Davis is the only thing, or that it is all that much different from Orton.</p>
<p>For a thirty year old, I would imagine you are looking for the fastest method, and this worked in one week for D. But she was 12, and she was sort of figuring it out at that point. I wouldn’t say one or the other or definitively anything.</p>
<p>So many things are labeled dyslexia. So many different issues. Who knows which one will work best.</p>
<p>This is a sample of 2, which is why I PMd and didn’t just put it up on the board.</p>
<p>The only thing I can say is that it worked here. I don’t know that I would even write a blurb about it. </p>
<p>JMO</p>
<p>For what it is worth…my child was taught to read using the Wilson method. It was a wonderful program. My child has no vision problems (we visited many doctors & professionals) and he always talked about the words on the page moving when he read and that they looked like they were slipping off the page. As I mentioned, back in the day, we visited many doctors and other professionals to determine the issue - my child has a high IQ, no vision problems, and is dyslexic.</p>
<p>sounds so familiar sportsmom. :)</p>
<p>sportsmom-
The Florida programs are well known in the treatment community. I was in grad school in the state and helped to develop some of the assessment instruments.</p>
<p>As an aside, the discussion on my professional listserv also included the common report of people with a variety of reading disorders (dyslexia being on one of them) that things seem to “jump around on the page”. No concensus in the disucssion there yet, but will report back if there is something of interest.</p>
<p>BTW, here is a link to the definition of Dyslexia [The</a> International Dyslexia Association Promoting literacy through research, education and advocacy](<a href=“http://www.interdys.org/FAQ.htm]The”>Frequently Asked Questions - International Dyslexia Association)</p>
<p>*** ETA- Sally Shaywitz is an expert in the field - her book, Overcoming Dyslexia, is a good resource <a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Overcoming-Dyslexia-Complete-Science-Based-Problems/dp/0679781595[/url]”>http://www.amazon.com/Overcoming-Dyslexia-Complete-Science-Based-Problems/dp/0679781595</a></p>
<p>cool. </p>
<p>My daughter feels, thinks, that they class all the reading issues as dyslexia, but most of the kids she knows in college, or in high school in the APs, only had the words moving around issue. The other stuff didn’t play into it.</p>
<p>She thinks they need another word for some of it. Of course, you and I both know we need another word for a LOT of stuff.</p>
<p>take care.</p>
<p>JYM626 - I was asking about the Florida connection because we had horrific experience in the '90’s with a Florida public school system and this dyslexia issue. I do not want to go into it in length here as I still become incredibly upset when I think back to the experience. The Office of Civil Rights became involved… if that gives you some idea…and not just the office but the head of the regional office was involved. I was wondering if the public school system in Florida has become more forward thinking and pro-student today as compared to years ago. We were fortunate that we had the abiltiy and resources to pull our child out of that system and that we could provide private testing, private school, and private programs such as the Wilson program.</p>
<p>She is right, poetgrl. There are many forms of reading disorders, but true dyslexia requires the phonological awareness, decoding, etc. People tend to use the word in a broad-based way. Call me a purist, but I am attempting to explain the official, formal definition of this specific subset of reading disorders.</p>
<p>I am sorry to hear that, sportsmom. I was in Gainesville for grad school at least a decade before that, and , sadly, the transition from the research field to the educational arena often runs into major stumbling blocks</p>
<p>This is another good resource [Essentials</a> of Dyslexia Assessment and Intervention - Nancy Mather, Barbara J. Wendling - Google Books](<a href=“Essentials of Dyslexia Assessment and Intervention - Nancy Mather, Barbara J. Wendling - Google Books”>Essentials of Dyslexia Assessment and Intervention - Nancy Mather, Barbara J. Wendling - Google Books)</p>