Indigo's DD can now read!

[IndigoBell]

Finally DD (age 9, Y5) has learnt to read.

Start of the summer holidays she would need help with 1 - 2 words per sentence (of a proper chapter book).

Now she needs help with 1 - 2 words per page.

Start of the summer holidays she could read about 20% of the words without sounding them out.

Now she reads about 50% of the words without sounding them out.

Plus she's reading much faster.

Which is clearly massive progress in 6 weeks.

The reason she's made so much progress in 6 weeks, is because we cut out dairy which she was intolerant to.

Dairy takes 6 weeks to leave the system, and day by day she's been getting better. And now she really can read.

(We had no idea she was intolerant to dairy. I only tried it because I read that dairy intolerance can cause dyslexia)

I think her dyslexia is now cured. It's hard to tell, because once her dyslexia's gone she still needs to learn to read and spell. But she really does not struggle with everything like she used to.

Before we started all these therapies her difficulties were:

• Unable to read - start of Y3 still struggled with CVC words
• Unable to spell - start of Y3 unable to spell any words correctly
• Unable to learn new words (speaking, not reading)
• Severe memory problems - took her till the end of Y2 to learn her 45 reception words
• Incredibly slow processing (she could never even read CVC words fluently because of this)
• Vision problems - Eye tracking and Convergence
• Auditory problems - auditory discrimination and hypersensitive

etc, etc.

Now she has none of those problems.

To all of you (and there were many) who told me Dyslexia can't be cured - you were wrong (and you do a lot of damage)

To all of you who supported me - thank you. I really needed it.

In the end the 3 things we did which cured her dyslexia were:

1. Auditory Integration Training
2. Tinsley House (Neurodevelopment Therapy and Vision Therapy)
3. Cutting out Dairy.

Do I think those exact things will cure all dyslexia? No.
Do I think all dyslexia can be cured? Yes.

Yes if you cure all of the underlying problems which are causing the dyslexia. And they are:

• Neurodevelopment problems
• Diet / Allergies
• Vision Problems
• Auditory Problems

All of these are curable. By a parent.

Most of them are not curable by school, a teacher, a SENCO, a tutor, a specialised dyslexia tutor, or dyslexia action.

I hope she continues to make fantastic progress, and you are both rewarded by your efforts

wow, that's fab

well done you and your dd

thx for sharing the info

Indigo

As the mother of a 14 year old dyslexic, who suddenly "learnt to read" aged 11
( Jan of year six) I share your joy.

Personally, with all due respect, I don't believe in any alternative theory or diet.
Toe by toe helped, but in the end she taught herself because she wanted to.

She matured enough to realise she didn't have to panic, she had learnt enough basic skills to do this reading stuff.
It suddenly clicked that she could put her abilities together with her gift for comprehension and do a pretty fair job.

Her reading out loud is still fantastically inaccurate, but a lot of the time she obviously has the right meaning in her head. She must do she got L5 for reading (had have a scribe to write her answers).

She got a reading age of 16 ( when she was 13) without help on the SENCOs test. Trouble is she got a spelling age of 9 at the same time.

ie. she spells about as well as DD2 did at 7.

I think knowing she is every bit as bright as her "best reader in year 2" smart Alec little sister was a lot of what made her crack the reading.

Spelling, like me, I fear will always defeat her.

StarTail - your DD learnt to read, but still has dyslexia.

Her reading out loud is still fantastically inaccurate

Trouble is she got a spelling age of 9 at the same time.

had have a scribe to write her answers

If you're happy with all of that, great.

I wasn't. I wouldn't settle for those kind of results.

That's why I've cured my DDs dyslexia.

The significance of this post is not that she's learnt to read - almost all kids with dyslexia eventually do to some degree.

The significance of this post is my DD doesn't have any dyslexic symptoms anymore.

I don't think it's showing me much 'due respect' to say you don't believe in alternative therapies or diets when I've just told you they've worked for my DD.

DD didn't learn to read because of Toe by Toe or any other teaching method. She didn't learn to read because she matured, or because she wanted to.

She learnt to read because her brain fog cleared.

(And then all the teaching she's had for the last 5 years she could access)

You're selling your DD short by closing you mind to 'alternative therapies and diets'

Its lovely that she can now read, but sorry I do agree with Startail. I very much doubt you cured her of dylexia, a lot of it is develpmental and once they get it they fly. DS got reading at 7 and caught up those that were reading fluently at 5, but he is still has learning difficulties underneath and like Startail's DD he cant spell (well he can, but not writing on paper), but being a intelligent boy he has found alternative ways round things.

My DH learnt to read at 10 like your dd and it was nothing to do with a change of diet or any alternative therapies, we are talking early 70s. He reads well and has no problem reading at all now, but still has problems with spelling and getting stuff in the right order.

DD no longer has learning difficulties.

She no longer has dyslexia.

Thats fantastic well done you on persavering and doing so much.

do you home educate now?

but well done indigo great when it clicks and they progress.

my 14year old son dyslexic but is a poor reader he read a book in same way my 6year old does and 6year spells better.

its very tricky. we tried over the years to help but only have him one weekend a month.

To those of you that don't believe that diet plays a really big part in a child's attitude and ability to concentrate, fidgeting, inattention or whatever you might call it, try an exclusion diet for a couple of months and see what difference there is.
Going dairy free for a while will not harm your child, but you could then tell if it makes a difference.
My own DS have been dx as lactose/dairy intolerant. When they 'stray' for a meal, we can spot the difference in their behaviour - more edgy, less focussed. I find it hard to believe that this cannot affect how they feel at school, and consequently how they access education.

- sorry Indigo - I also meant to say - brilliant news!

Fantastic news - have to run, but will read properly later!

fantastic, Indigo! ell done you, and well done your dd too.

diet certainly can bring about huge changes - my dd1 went dairy free at the age of 2, and the differences were huge (obv not reading, but massive developmental leaps, which came about as a result of similar 'brain fog' clearing)

we can tell whenever dd1 has had a diet infringement, as dge loses focus and cannot process stuff as well as she normally can.

That is fantastic news. Is she completely dairy free? I had to go dairy free with my DC when they were little as they all had severe intestinal problems (all three of them), they are better now, but despite the hassle it is so worth it. Not sure whether it is the same for dyslexia but bear in mind that soya is similar in structure to milk, two of mine couldn't have soya either. If she isn't fully soya free then hovis best of both has more calcium than 100ml of milk. Will PM you.

Dd1 did have reading click for her during yr2, you kindly advised me on her. Over the summer we couldn't get her head out of a book, she read about 15 books, including three david walliams. It is so nice to have to hassle her to stop reading and come to eat!