Here a kid could qualify for an IEP for ADHD if their learning is being significantly affected by it. And once you have the IEP, services in various areas are possible (like reading). An advocate told me to look at other disability categories than SLD because they may be more flexible about what constitutes not making academic progress. Here they would put ADHD in the "Other Health Impairments" category. You would need an ADHD medical diagnosis though. ADHD can affect processing speed and therefore fluency in various area, like math, writing, and reading fluency. Did she take the WISC and get a low processing speed score? You can make the argument that the processing/attentional issues are directly related to her reading. DD has what I would consider fairly severe ADHD and her math and writing fluency are affected but not reading fluency for whatever reason. She is always very quick and focused when reading, but not while doing other things. Anyway, not sure if that answers your questions or not...
