He really does read fairly well. Somewhat above grade level, I would say. His comprehension is good but if he reads aloud, he will get longer words wrong. His spelling is BAAAAD.
This is actually my guy, so I can relate. He is reading well BUT spelling is very low, makes what I think are odd mistakes with certain words, skips words and substitutes words, etc. His spelling is quite low ... I go back and forth on the dyslexia. But just recently his reading really took off and I breathed a sigh of relief. That is until I remembered what Dr. Eides says about exactly this happening in stealth dyslexia - it's a really common profile in stealth dyslexia that the gifted child can read and can even read well but still have dyslexia. Anyway, DS is being evaluated in exactly two weeks by a neuropsych ( I hope to God she is really good and can identify 2e). I am hoping to have some more clear cut answers form the eval re dyslexia, dysgraphia and dyspraxia. I am so tired of the speculation and the maybe this and maybe that (and maybe ADD)... I may very well be right here with you in a month or two. Personally, at this point I think my son has dyspraxia and dysgraphia... it's the dyslexia I am really on the fence about - and 'afraid' of in a way!
