The Wrightslaw Way

My granddaughter is a happy little girl when not in reading situations.  She is almost 8, in the 2nd grade at a public school. She has a reading disability the private testing psychologist called dyslexia, ADD inattentive type,  and a processing deficit.  Her language IQ is low-average, her processing speed is slow. She cannot read […]

My daughter is in the 6th grade. She has sensory processing disorders, executive functioning problems, and severe anxiety. She had an IEP for emotional problems. When she takes medication, her anxiety is manageable. Because her medication is working, the  school says she is no longer eligible for special education services. Does effective medication disqualify a […]