From what I'm reading about dyslexia--for my verbal child for whom reading has seemed to be almost physically painful at times--it's not usually diagnosed as "dyslexia." Dyslexia just means "trouble with reading," and it says nothing about the causes of the trouble, which are pretty important if you want to help a kid overcome the problems.
Cricket2: I don't have an answer for you about whether kids with strong verbal skills can either excel at nor like reading and yet not have any substantial problem. I'm trying to figure that very same thing out about my DS6. My mom-gut (and his tester) say that something is not right for him.
I think I'd be tempted to wonder the same thing about your DD, though I'd trust your mom-gut about your kid long before I'd trust any idle speculation on my part or anyone else's. Do you think there's a problem?
We are taking DS6 in to be evaluated by a program that specializes in LDs. There's a 6 month wait, but hopfully we'll figure it out. My biggest worry is that his GTness will mask the LDs, and they won't have enough experience with 2E kids to spot the problem.
