*laughs dryly* I know. And it makes me sick inside. A little story in that vein - this was told to me by Sean's first vision therapist. She taught a little boy who was having a lot of problems learning braille - he got a lot of letters mixed up, particularly W and R (if you don't know braille; W is dot 2, 4 5 and 6; R is dots 1, 2, 3 and 5 - they're basically the inverse of each other). He had a family history of dyslexia, including at least one sibling with dyslexia. But the school district did nothing, over and over again, because how could he have dyslexia - he's blind. They tested him for dyslexia using transcriptions of the standard tests - which of course did nothing, because he didn't get b (dots 1 and 2) mixed up with d (dots 1, 4 and 5 - they look nothing alike). Eventually he was able to get someone with a clue and get the help he needed. But people were so stupid about the whole thing, and it DOES make me good and mad. I bet you're right, that is what's happening here.
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I know. And it makes me sick inside.
A little story in that vein - this was told to me by Sean's first vision therapist. She taught a little boy who was having a lot of problems learning braille - he got a lot of letters mixed up, particularly W and R (if you don't know braille; W is dot 2, 4 5 and 6; R is dots 1, 2, 3 and 5 - they're basically the inverse of each other). He had a family history of dyslexia, including at least one sibling with dyslexia. But the school district did nothing, over and over again, because how could he have dyslexia - he's blind. They tested him for dyslexia using transcriptions of the standard tests - which of course did nothing, because he didn't get b (dots 1 and 2) mixed up with d (dots 1, 4 and 5 - they look nothing alike).
Eventually he was able to get someone with a clue and get the help he needed. But people were so stupid about the whole thing, and it DOES make me good and mad. I bet you're right, that is what's happening here.