She has issues with strongly disliking reading for pleasure despite reading comprehension being above grade level, losing her place on the page, fatigue while reading, headaches, and substitution of words...
What she does not have is the traditional phonics issues or writing issues. Her phonemic awareness is very good and always has been.... She, technically, spells well in that any spelling tests such as the spelling subtest on the WIAT are in the 80s (percentiles), but she isn't really a great speller. It isn't causing her major angst, though. Spelling tests significantly below her other reading skills on these types of tests, though. The other thing that has tested well below other reading skills in the past is speed. She reads very slowly.
These are my son's exact symptoms. Exactly. This sounds just like him. But he does have the writing issues; however, he does have hypotonia, which has been what his writing issues have been attributed to.
When my son did his tests, I could actually see his eyes crossing and him pulling them back. His left eye wantdered more than his right.
