possible learning disability in addition to ADHD

happymomof1
Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:06:09 +0000

“if you had me read you a page from harry potter out loud I could not tell you most I what I read”

This is because reading orally and reading for comprehension are two different things. Ask any mom who reads to her kids at night and she’ll tell you that half the time she has no idea what page she’s even on. It becomes completely automatic after a bit.

But, your overall descriptions would indicate that you have some kind of reading issue (one or another of the things that get called “dyslexia”) going on. The “creative spelling” and confusing one word for another are pretty much dead give-aways. Go back to your school learning center and be a pest (a nice one, but still a pest) until they test you for reading issues.

Wishing you all the best.