My daughter is almost 7 and a half yet still mirrors certain numbers and letters. She is in year 2 but has missed a lot of school due to being diagnosed with leukaemia in nursery. Her treatment finished at the beginning of year2. Because she hates school her consultant referred her to an educational psychologist and her IQ was assessed as very high. It was broken down into sections but verbal reasoning was 160 and non verbal 120. Processing speed was below average and we were informed this was a common consequence of chemo particularly the chemo that was injected into her spinal fluid. Like I said she hates school, struggles with handwriting and is only average in maths. The maths, I believe, is genetic and doesn't particularly concern me but I am concerned with the mirroring of letters and numbers as she seems old to still be doing this. She has been diagnosed as having a sensory processing disorder as well and sits on a wobble cushion at school though I've no idea if this helping. One other thing I've noticed is though she uses her right hand predominantly she doesn't look natural doing so. Cutting, gluing etc all seem to be done very clumsily. She's an excellent reader but has to be forced to pick up a book. My question really is could she be dyslexic despite the advanced reading. Her head teacher says no as her reading is too good but I'm sure you can be a good reader and dyslexic. Thanks in advance for any advice
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