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Subject: Dyslexic College Student going into teaching

Author:
Paula

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Date Posted: 15:52:04 12/31/10 Fri

My son in a college student studying to become a special education teacher. He chose this field because he is dyslexic. He has been there as a student growing up and knows he can help children learn. In our state, all education majors must pass a "Basic Skills Test" in order to become fully accepted into the College of Education. A part of this test is writing an essay with complete sentence structure, spelling, punctuation, etc. He is not permitted to use a computer with Dragon Naturally Speaking as he does in college. He is not permitted to use a spell checker or any help for his disability. I feel he is being discriminated against because this is his disability. He has a scribe who will only write and will ask him to spell the words to write down. There has to be some sort of help for him. Does anyone know anything about helping him with this portion of the Basic Skills Test?

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Re: Dyslexic College Student going into teaching	Charlene Taylor (mom of 3 dyslexic kids)	13:13:44 01/04/11 Tue