We were told by advocates that since my son is designated as Highly gifted, he should be compared to his highly gifted peers in determining whether his dyslexia significantly impairs his ability. Somewhere on Wrightslaw, there's an article explaining how to make the argument.
Well, we tried and the school thought we were nuts. It's actually really easy for us to do a comparison to highly gifted peers, as my son has a twin who's dramatically ahead in reading. The last time we had a meeting trying to get remediation was at the beginning of 3rd (he's ending 4th now) and my dyslexic son was barely proficient in reading, and we had a private tutor. The school's position was that my son was at grade level, so there was no problem and even gifted kids have a range. (Just as a little brag-- he's now 1.5 grade levels ahead in reading thanks to his hard work and an awesome tutor.)
Last edited by syoblrig; 04/27/12 09:48 AM.
