Throughout my primary education I
struggled. My brain new the answers and could work very quickly but I
couldn't express myself on paper. My primary school suggested that I
may have dyslexia but I was never tested. It wasn't until I started
at the local grammar school and they suspected I have dyslexia that I
was actually tested.
Once I was formally diagnosed as having
dyslexia, my school were really good and gave me lots of techniques
and extra resources to help. All my teachers were informed and I was
given extra time in my exams and extra time to do my coursework. My
English teacher spend time printing my work sheets on different
coloured paper and we discovered that work sheets printed on yellow
paper were the easiest for me to read so she continued to print
everything on yellow paper for me.
Once I started getting this extra help,
I really excelled at school. I did better in my GCSEs then anyone
could have imagined and I was ecstatic when I was invited to attend
my schools annual award ceremony as I was awarded a certificate for
academic progress. I even went on to attend university. All this
despite the fact that I told when I was 10 not to bother trying to
get into a grammar school because I wasn't cleaver enough. I'm so
glad I didn't listen to them!
As someone who struggled with dyslexia,
I started to spot the symptoms in Tilly and mum contacted the school
who tested her very quickly. Tilly has recently undergone the
assessments for dyslexia and although we do not yet have a formal
diagnosis yet, the early assessments indicate she has serve
dyslexia. They said she is very bright, above average for working out
puzzles and has a good memory which is how it has never been picked
up by the school. I am glad that she has been tested so early as she
is now able to get the help early then I did and hopefully excel at
school like I did.
If you are worried that your child may have dyslexia, speak to your school who should be able to arrange a dyslexia test.
If you are worried that your child may have dyslexia, speak to your school who should be able to arrange a dyslexia test.
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