Dyslexia help please for my DS (10)

angie_baby

mikeouk wrote: »

I went through my entire school years before being diagnosed as dyslexic at the age of 16. Personally it was a great relief to realise I wasn't actually thick. I'd grown up thinking I was and it effected my confidance in myself.
My advice would be to not get too hung up on helping him directly with his dyslexia (leave that to the experts), best thing you can do as a parent is try to convince him, he isn't stupid and find other things he is good at and encourage him with them. Sport, art, acting are all things a lot of famous dyslexics have excelled in. If you can identify his niche and focus on it, he will grow into a far more confidant and happy adult.

Thanks, it's just the experts are so slow in my area.

DS attends trampoline lessons three times a week and competes so this has helped with his confidence. He is already on the countdown until he is 13 as then he can start his training to be an assistant coach.
He also attends sea cadets which he loves, who knew a boy could could come home happy because he learnt to clean someone else's boots!

angie_baby

InsideInsurance wrote: »

Not sure the relevance of a atrial septal defect to dyslexia but sorry to hear of both anyway.

Dyslexia like most conditions is a range and not everyone has the same level of issues as others. I was diagnosed as dyslexic as a child but declined to have the special treatments offered (eg extra exam time) because I always finished anything other than english & history a long time before the time was up anyway.

Some find their place in non-academic subjects as suggested where as others of us do find our place in the sciences. I do business consultancy now which is fine as rarely do I have to write anything more than bullet points and I always have someone else to double check my understanding of what I've read and what I've written.

The fact I am colourblind is actually a bigger issue for me as it is standard practice to have colour coded (Red Amber Green - RAG) reports and if someone just shades the cell rather than putting the letter in it I cant tell if its going brilliantly well or terribly badly

Sorry DS has autism. I'm lucky that he loves and excels in math. And he will get help in exams with the reading. He was at a 4a for math but a 1b for reading and writting. I just need to find a way to boost his confidence.