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Say No to Summer School
Many parents send me questions like this at the end of a school year: I have a daughter who just finished first grade. I am pretty sure she has dyslexia. The last two months of school have been a...
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Tech Tools are not enough
Technology tools help adults with dyslexia survive. But as the following emails prove, they never stop wanting to improve their reading and spelling skills. One woman wrote: I watched your video on...
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Warning signs in adults
Since dyslexia is inherited, any adult who has dyslexia should watch for it in their children. But adults with only mild or moderate dyslexia may not know they have it because they were never tested...
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Which is worse?
If you struggled in school, going back to college as an adult is scary. But it is even worse to watch your child or grandchild struggle in school the same way you did – as this grandmother shares. I am...
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Never stop doing what you’re doing
This private Facebook post from an adult shares the trauma of going through school without the right type of help — far better than I can. I just wanted to say thank you for all of the work you are...
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Poor spelling is the most obvious sign of dyslexia
I get the most heartbreaking emails from adults who are still ashamed of their spelling. Here is what one had to do to pass her weekly spelling test: I HATED spelling and am ashamed to admit that I...
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Dyslexia runs in family trees
Dyslexia is genetic. It runs in family trees. So if you see the warning signs in your child, you may also start to identify other people in your family who have it, as this parent shared. I just...
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Adult who regrets being promoted
Emails from adults often break my heart. We need to help them earlier — to prevent this. I found your website last night and wanted to cry. I’m 45 years old and have suffered with spelling and...
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Writing papers in college was so hard . . .
Adults who never got the right type of help in school say that writing papers in college was nearly impossible, as this person shared: I just watched your dyslexia video, and my son has almost every...
View ArticleAfter 45 years of feeling worthless
This is why adults are my favorite type of student: Howard will be graduating from Level 10 of the Barton System in a few weeks. Howard is an adult who was referred to us from a literacy center...
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