This has really been enlightening! I'm not dyslexic, I do know how to follow assembly manuals, I read maps and I can find my way out of most things, no matter how many corners they have. However, couldn't tell you right from left if my life depended on it. But, that's not the point. The point is, I'm a teacher. And apart from one lecture on variuos learning disabilities and difficulties, I learned tiddly squat about dyslexia! Nothing about how it affects people. Nothing about all the different kinds of dyslexia. Nothing about how, exactly, people muck up reading or writing. Not to mention that we weren't taught anything about what to do when you're faced with a kid, who's clearly not stupid or lazy, but makes a mess of any written assignment. I see them every day, and although I recognize them, I don't know how to help them. This really bothers me, because I don't want to be the terrible teacher, who's responsible for a child's self esteem being blown to bits.

Thank you all for contributing to this thread! I've learned SO MUCH!

Magpie