This is an excerpt from the Reader’s Digest — Letters on the April Issue
I read with empathy about Martha Randolph Carr’s coming to terms with her son’s dyslexia (Turning the Page). My son was diagnosed with severe dyslexia when he was in second grade. We refused to give up on him, even though we were told he’d never learn to read or write. The special education program at his elementary school was wonderful and with a lot of effort and prayer, he began to read in the fifth grade. He graduated last year with an 86 GPA. He’s enrolled in a technical college, where he was inducted into the honor society.
Parents, please don’t deny your child’s disability. If it weren’t for the labeling my son received, I don’t know where he’d be right now. Instead, he’s a self-confident, talented individual. His disability just makes him all the more special to us.
Submitted by: Ann Ashworth… Royston, Georgia

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