Dyslexia, full disclosure?

kinderny
Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:17:48 +0000

Spelling- That’s how we found out that my D had dysgraphia. If you asked her to spell a word, verbally she was fine. If she had to write it down in a sentence (a more complex demand), there were letters missing, in the wrong order, etc. Typing made it better (but not perfect). In fact, the ACT folks called the h.s. re her score because the CR score was so different from the other English part. She literally can’t see what is wrong with a sentence, even if she would not write it that way because she knows it isn’t right. The dr’s that evaluated her said it is a specific type of dysgraphia is some how closer to dyslexia than some of the other types that are closer to executive functioning issues.