"He's now 6.5 and writing sentences, paragraphs, stories, e-mails, and on and on - way above other late kindergarteners....As for reading, my ds was 'reading' before vt but not out loud or really reading. After 1 1/2 of vt, he started to read out loud. Last summer, he was struggling with phonics. Today, he's reading many, many grade levels ahead."

This gives me much hope. I think my DS is doing remarkably well considering the (mostly hidden) physical limitations he has... I have so much hope that he will really start to just take off once the visoon issue is addressed.

Cdfox, I remember you posted before you were seeing the author of Different Minds about your DS - how is it going?