I know that you have said your husband has similar challenges. Do you have any other extended family who have similar issues and may be further along the path? My DD9 takes some comfort that she is from a family of gifted dyslexics -- my husband, her grandmother, a cousin, a great uncle. I think that talking to adults who have been through the experience make her feel like she is not the oddball. Sometimes they can talk to her about things that may be helpful, i.e. learning to keyboard this summer, in a way that I just can't. Coming from me it just doesn't have the same legitimacy. If you don't have any family members, is there anyone else that you know who could act as a mentor?

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