David and Bonnie Altman

Our child was diagnosed with ADD and learning disabilities. We have spent
hours and hours tutoring him and working with him individually. After
three years of special help, he still can't spell to save his life. Well,
I finally got smart. After being reassured by learning specialists umpteen
times that he was not dyslexic, I decided to take him for an eye exam at
the University of Houston Eye Institute, despite the fact he'd had previous
eye exams in school.

Lo and behold, he is very far sighted. He's been struggling to compensate
for years, and eeked by. Had we known three years ago, he'd have had quite
a different experience in school, and probably would have been reading
quite well by now, and his whole attitude toward school would have been
quite different.

Before you accept any learning disability diagnosis, get the vision and
neurology checked.

Bonnie