My youngest is profoundly dyslexic and spoke late and my oldest was reading chapter books in Kindergarten and spoke very early (although she has attention issues that sometimes compromises her comprehension now that she is in HS and reading lengthy text). My dad appears to be dyslexic and now understands why he had so much trouble finishing assignments in school and learning a language in college , I have a b-i-l and s-i-l that struggled with reading/school and there is a good dose of inattention on both sides of the family. Neither me or my husband have LD's.
Scientists are beginning to identify genes that carry certain learning disabilities - but just like hair color and other characteristics, you can have kids that are very different.
I just don't understand how my son got such a gigantic dose of dyslexia - the genes from each side of the family must have come together in a very big way.
