What I see: the fact that he's a) VERY interested in books, yet seems to have trouble differentiating words from one another, not even able to recognize another copy of a word in a book immediately after I've pointed the word out and sounded it out for him, b) not reading letters on signs even, and c) writing without reading. These things seem vaguely indicative of some vision or processing issue...but certainly not definitive. Maybe ge just isn't ready to read yet! And I'm afraid that since he can't yet read, they won't be able to diagnose him even if I do take him in.
His age doesn't help. 4yos aren't SUPPOSED to read, after all, so I'm just the crazy lady who needs to be "there, there'd" back to reality. *sigh*
And I'll say again as I've said before, if he's a GT late bloomer or an ND kid, then HURRAH! But I would rather be proactive and not wait until he's suffering to get him help if he does need it. My gut keeps telling me that something is up. I just don't know if there's any way to check for it yet.
Thanks, E&CMom!
