Prior thoughts, found on this echo from Ruth Leblanc 
to Regina Finan on 09-13-96  05:36:
 RF> ZR> he did  get the order right -- he just did the whole word backwords 

 > ZR> it reads:  "noolas".  I didn't tell him -- he was so pleased with this
 
 RF> Sounds to me there mite be a possibility of dyslexia.  Take him to a eye
 > specialist just to be safe.  If he has it that is definetly why he doesn't
 > want anything to do with numbers or letters and why things are comming out
 > backwards or upside down.
 RL> I don't know how old the child is here. If this is a child 6 or under
 RL> I would be very hesitant to name dyslexia as the problem. Writing words
 RL> backwards is very common when children are first learning to write.
 RL> I wish I had followed the whole of this thread as I might be able to
 RL> offer some suggestions.
The boy who made the "noolas" saloon is six.  The homestudy office of
our school district is going to try to get him tested for dyslexia and
color blindness.  Aaron has known all the colors for over a year but 
consistently has troubles recognizing blue, orange, yellow and red.
He is beginning to be more open to learning the alphabet, though... ever
since I told him we are only going to do A B C D E F and G, he has been
willing to participate.  We'll do the rest of the alphabet, one small 
slice at a time, after he gets comfortable with this first small part.
Always before this, he has put up a wall of major resistance every time
I've tried to teach him the alphabet.  Same with numbers.  We're still
on 1-2-3-4-5. :)  Oh well, I lowerd my expectations and now he's willing
to learn.
(He is doing kindergarten level writing, a first grade math book, and 
we're reading a third grade social studies book... he loves science and art.)
Zaynab
... You make ends meet...and they hate each other!
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