FWIW, our educational system is very hung up these days on early reading instruction when in fact a lot of kids aren't ready. There is plenty of research that shows that actively teaching young children (under 8) to read doesn't confer a long term advantage and can even hurt by turning reading into a painful chore. (I am not talking here about kids who spontaneously read without instruction.) it sounds like they have your little guy working so hard!
BTW, my 10 yo dd with WISC VCI 166 didn't read until 7. She had minimal instruction because we unschool. She now reads at a high school level. She has no LDs, but just had her own unique time table for picking this up. I realize not everyone can or wants to homeschool, but it does seem like our schools are a lot about fitting square pegs of all dimensions into some pretty narrow round holes.
