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Originally Posted by Tinkerbelle

Thankfully dyslexia is very much recognised these days. Sadly ASD children often aren't

There's been some annoying clever sticks recently trying to claim that there is no such thing as dyslexia and that they just need to try harder! That made my blood boil. We want more recognition of all the different problems children face, not going back to the dark ages and dismissing the ones we're already aware of.

People who don't have children with problems can sometimes be very intollerant of those who do. I knew a lad who had learning difficulties who was just branded as naughty and disruptive at school, with other parents blaming his mother for lack of discipline. It took ages before he was assessed and finally sent to a special school which worked wonders. But he'd had all the years previously of struggling and being punished and told he was a bad boy