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Dyslexia
Different, Not Dumb By Kelly Burgess
by Ronald Davis, founder of the center, Marshall was able to help Ethan adapt his learning style.
"I worked with him at home over a three-month period and couldn't believe the difference in his confidence level when he started school in the fall," Marshall says. "He ended up in the highest reading level and went from being an angry, moody child who hated school to one that qualified for the gifted program."
Eventually, when Ethan entered high school, Marshall was able to arrange for him to do much of his work on a word processor, but otherwise he never needed special accommodations. However, Marshall said if she had to do it over again, she would have done it much differently. She would have fought harder to have Ethan tested – and at a much younger age. She would have insisted on help through the public school system to figure out the best way for Ethan to learn. And she would have trusted her gut feeling and never believed that Ethan was lazy or unmotivated.
Helping the Dyslexic Child
When Ronald Davis, author of The Gift of Dyslexia: Why Some of the Smartest People Can't Read and How They Can Learn (Perigee Books, 1997) by Ronal
