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Thread #101343   Message #2045195
Posted By: leeneia
07-May-07 - 10:38 AM
Thread Name: BS: Lizzie - dyslexia
Subject: RE: BS: Lizzie - dyslexia
I read a book once by a woman whose son, born about 1950, was dyslexic. She showed an actual page he had written about age 9. He had written "London" as "Nlodno."

Yes, he moved the N to the front and capitalized it, and his brain could not detect the difference. To me that was the great mystery and heartbreak of serious dyslexia.

He could not be allowed to ride a bike because he could not control whether he turned right or left. ie, if he wanted to turn right into a side street, he was just as likely to turn left into traffic.

Eventually someone provided him a typewriter. For some reason, he got much better results on a typewriter.

Anyone with serious dyslexia has my sympathy.