The Dyslexic Advantage: Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain | 
pickAfter my son was diagnosed with dyslexia last month, I‘ve been shifting my mindset from focusing on his struggles with (reading!, spelling) and instead recognizing his strengths. I‘m getting over the whole “raising a reader” fantasy I‘ve had since before he was born; my favorite thing doesn‘t have to be his favorite thing. We‘ve also listened to our first chapter book on audio! This book was a great help and profiled many great dyslexic minds.
MissyD You can still raise a reader. Don‘t sell him short. Audiobooks count. And have him follow along with the actual book will help. But even if it‘s just audiobooks. He‘s still reading. He‘s just audio-reading. 13mo
Chelsea.Poole @MissyD oh definitely! I‘m a huge audio reader myself! ♥️ I just meant the whole idea of him reading print books and getting lost in them, as I remember fondly from my childhood. That whole idea that just by introducing books early and often and modeling the love of reading will somehow magically transfer the ability and love of reading into these little brains of humans I‘m raising is just not the case. I‘ve felt like a failure in that. 🔽 13mo
Chelsea.Poole @MissyD But now I have a new mindset, as I mentioned earlier. He is an incredibly intelligent boy and will learn to read, though he may never enjoy getting lost in a (physical) book and that‘s ok! 13mo
MissyD @Chelsea.Poole that‘s the perfect mindset to have. I am a retired teacher. And I loved working with my dyslexic students. Putting a clear colored plastic sheet over the page sometimes helped them read printed material. (edited) 13mo
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