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My daughter started college last week, yesterday she sat tests for dyslexia and was found to be severely dyslexic. I am absolutely furious - she has been struggling at school for years but no-one has picked this up yet within a week of starting college they diagnose her. Why has the school system let her down??? Not to mention the fact that school put her in for GCSE's where the highest grade she could achieve was a D......she feels that her future is hopeless.....
Her future is not at all hopeless although I understand your/her anger. My daughter was diagnosed at primary school, did not receive any extra help except from a kind teacher who advised us that he felt she would not benefit from any extra help as she was inclined to feel that as she had dyslexia, it could be counter productive i.e. she couldn't do things because she had dyslexia, she only came out with 3 GCSE's but went on to technical college where they knew of her problem and came out with 5 A levels, 4 with good grades and got a degree at Uni and now has well-paid job. (She felt she should retake her GCSE's but college said No, take A levels but also do Maths GCSE, this one she failed because she has Discalclia - sorry this is prob wrong spelling - maybe I have dyslexia!)
My son has had problems at school since day one, he is now 15 and in his final year.
All through school we have said he is disclexic but the special needs teacher and the locla co-ordinator for special needs said no he isnt disclexic. That was all in primary school.
We are now faced with paying for extra tuition after school to try and get decent grades.
It is my view that local authorities dont like to accept this problem as they will then have to spend so much money in helping the children. ie one to one lessons a reader for exams etc
We eventually had enough with the primary school and decided to move to a better area where we thought he would get more help. His reading age went up by 2 years in our first year here and we can actually read his writing now. I and my son feel let down by the way he was dealt with as if he had recieved the help he needed from day dot he would not be so afraid of learning or A levels!!!!
I have a strong suspicion that my husband (in his 40s) is dyslexic, but he won't do anything about it now. I have always been amazed that no-one picked up on this when he was a child, as it was obvious to me within weeks of us meeting, and I am no expert on dyslexia, I can assure you!
The important thing is to reassure her that her future is not hopeless. The deputy head of my son's previous mainstream school is dyslexic.
Show her this list: Famous People with the Gift of Dyslexia
to show her that one can be dyslexic and still have a successful life.
Have you been given any literature on available help?
As for the fact she wasn't diagnosed before, you may have a recourse for negligence, but then again, I would imagine your chances for success might depend on how much evidence you have that you maintained there was a problem and yet didn't get heard, if that makes sense.
I'm sure there was a case a couple of years ago about someone who had been let down by the education system and got compensation, but I can't remember the details right now. I'll see if I can dig out some info on this.
In the meantime, hugs to you and your daughter. She may have only had "D", but I know of plenty of non-dyslexics who can't even manage that. And she's at college, again, plenty of kids I know are not managing that.
Sorry to hear about your daughters late diagnosis, it's appalling that these LEAs get away with not diagnosing, I was diagnosed at 19 years of age because the uni realised that I physically can't get my words on paper in exams, I have considered taking this up with North Lanarkshire as I was in their schools and then a tech college there since I started school. I wanted to do medicine, if you talk to me you'd believe I could, i know my stuff inside out but writing it down and reading questions is completely beyond me.
I saw my guidance teacher so many times because I was so frustrated, i sat higher music twice and got pulled out the class both times because I couldn't focus on listening to the tape and writing in the boxes, music teacher labeled me as lazy even though I got a good standard grade for it. Failed higher english spectacularly, C for higher maths, Bs for all my best subjects and for every one of my exams I was estimated at an A. I'd love to ask North Lanarkshire what happened, why did I slip through the net? But it's unlikely they'll answer, I considered going through the courts for them to fund my medical degree which would have been funded through SAAS here but wont be because i'm already on a degree course but I wouldn't know how to be honest and it's all a bit daunting.
Aiming higher in North Lanarkshire my butt.
Good luck to your daughter, make sure she gets disabled student allowance.
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I was diagnosed dyslexic as an adult. Had a horrible time at school. Eventually got professional qualifications and a science degree. Never did manage to get o level maths. In my day Dyslexia wasn't even recognised There is always hope and a lot more help these days for students with difficulties. I believe that the Dyslexic brain needs longer to mature then if you have the ability anything is possible
Dyslexia can be helped. My youngest is dyslexic and receives no support from school. We had to go to Dyslexia Action (who train adults as well) to get proper tuition to help her, its been fantastic, she can now read and spell with all the phonic sounds she has been taught. We received a bursery for her tuition as we are on benefits. She also has cerum glasses, tinted lenses help dyslexics to see and read better and write more legibly. Rayners opticians do them, the test is £60.
We are now requesting a statement from the LEA so her needs can be met in school.
For those who would like a legal solution, a family in Leeds recently sued the LEA for over £145,000.
How does your daughter feel about her diagnosis does it make her more optimistic, dislexics learn lots of copeing strategies. My daughter now 26 was assessed twenty year ago when she was failing at school it was decided that after paying a high fee that she was not dislexic but as her my I was since by that time I had already passed me professional exams with a great deal of effort and time I declined. Now with word processing I manage quite well but give me a blank paper and pen and I'm back aged 7 terrified to make a mark and get it wrong.
Daughter diagnosed with dyslexia - help!!!
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And she's at college, again, plenty of kids I know are not managing that.
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There is always hope and a lot more help these days for students with difficulties. I believe that the Dyslexic brain needs longer to mature then if you have the ability anything is possible
Re: Daughter diagnosed with dyslexia - help!!!
