Dyslexia and BPI?
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amberD
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- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: Son-Tyler ROBPI
Dyslexia and BPI?
Hello everyone! It has been awhile since i've gotten on here...We are the Dunn Family, met some of you guys at camp in Washinton D.C., that's been awhile ago, we really need to get to camp now that tyler is older. Our son Tyler was born 9 years ago with a RBPI with a complete palsy. His injury is severe with little use of his right hand/arm mostly a helper hand. We have been through all the emotions of the BPI journey, shock, grief, anger and now mercifully acceptance. We totally accept Tyler for the amazing, intelligent, and fun-loving child he is. As a matter of fact, after tyler was born i went into teaching exceptional student ed and have been there ever since. All children with disabilities need advocating for! Anyway we have noticed over the years that tyler has been in school that he struggled in reading and writing, even after working with him at home for hours after school. So when I took him to be tested, we found out that he had a really high IQ and that he was severly dyslexic. We have implemented strategies to help with his dyslexia and it has helped alot! I wonder if it has anything to do with his brain opposing itself with being born right-handed (maybe) and being forced to be left-handed. Just wondering if any of you have had the same experience. Thanks! Amber
Re: Dyslexia and BPI?
Hi Amber!
First off, as co-director of ubpnCamp 2012, I absolutely encourage you to attend Camp. Tyler will love it and so will you! It is July 22-25 of 2012 and will be held at the YMCA of the Ozarks in Potosi, MO (about 2 hours from St. Louis). We will be posting the registration forms in the next week or so.
As for dyslexia. If you ask around your family and your husband's, you will probably find another family member who is dyslectic. My nephew is severely dyslectic (no learning, word retrieval issues... big time) and with the use of tutor who specializes in dyslexia, he has done fabulously. He is now 19 years old, is in college, is incredibly social (oh boy!) and will probably become a police officer. He is also a volunteer firefighter.
Dyslexia is, in many cases, familial. My brother in law (his dad) has dyslexia too. He wasn't diagnosed until he was in college!!! Sadly, he just thought he was stupid. He is far from it.
My daughter Juliana was supposed to be left handed (yes, have a lot of that in both of our families) and is now right handed. Though we have sensory issues abounding, she is not dyslectic.
Keep working with him. See if you can find a specialist in dyslexia to help out. Clearly understanding all of the areas of dyslexia that are affected is really helpful. And have a sense of humor. My nephew: to this day, a pretzel is "the straight, brown, salty, crunchy thing". Remember, many dyslectics have a HUGE vocabulary because they often can't find the one simple word they need.
Good luck,
I know it is tough to feel you're being piled on, but now that you know what is wrong, you can help remedy it.
claudia
First off, as co-director of ubpnCamp 2012, I absolutely encourage you to attend Camp. Tyler will love it and so will you! It is July 22-25 of 2012 and will be held at the YMCA of the Ozarks in Potosi, MO (about 2 hours from St. Louis). We will be posting the registration forms in the next week or so.
As for dyslexia. If you ask around your family and your husband's, you will probably find another family member who is dyslectic. My nephew is severely dyslectic (no learning, word retrieval issues... big time) and with the use of tutor who specializes in dyslexia, he has done fabulously. He is now 19 years old, is in college, is incredibly social (oh boy!) and will probably become a police officer. He is also a volunteer firefighter.
Dyslexia is, in many cases, familial. My brother in law (his dad) has dyslexia too. He wasn't diagnosed until he was in college!!! Sadly, he just thought he was stupid. He is far from it.
My daughter Juliana was supposed to be left handed (yes, have a lot of that in both of our families) and is now right handed. Though we have sensory issues abounding, she is not dyslectic.
Keep working with him. See if you can find a specialist in dyslexia to help out. Clearly understanding all of the areas of dyslexia that are affected is really helpful. And have a sense of humor. My nephew: to this day, a pretzel is "the straight, brown, salty, crunchy thing". Remember, many dyslectics have a HUGE vocabulary because they often can't find the one simple word they need.
Good luck,
I know it is tough to feel you're being piled on, but now that you know what is wrong, you can help remedy it.
claudia