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Subject: Re: refusal to accept disability

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Lucia (Mother/TA optmistic)

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Date Posted: 00:06:16 10/31/12 Wed
In reply to: Graham 's message, "Re: refusal to accept disability" on 05:52:29 10/21/12 Sun

Hi! I'm a TA and mother of a brilliant 11yo severely dyslexic boy.
When my son first had accommodations made for him for SATs, there were some classmates who deliberatelly said something like "it is not fair", which upset my son (and me) greatly at the time.
A friend of mine, who is a teacher and a father of 2 dyslexic boys told me to think about accomodations something like a ramp for a wheelchair user or glasses for a person with eye problems. They are aids to help people function the best way they can; so it is the extended time in exames, the use of spell-checker, note-taker,etc for dyslexic student.
Asking him how he wants to be helped and supported in school and at home might help. Maybe he can try some sort of accommodation (once) to see if it helps and let him decide if he wants to use his right to have accomodations.
As for my son, his spelling is so apalling, his support teacher is considering requesting a note taker for future texts, which will help him tremendously since he has inventive ideas in his head that cannot be translated into writing.
Being dyslexic comes with a whole lot of great advantages, that have to be identified, used and celebrated!! (I hope this helps! Good luck!!)

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