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Cathy (Not A Joy)
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Date Posted: 21:10:59 04/03/10 Sat
I live with a dyslexic husband, and it has not been a joy or gift for him. I have watched him struggle for 20 yrs, with his learning disability. He has severe dyslexia, and even after having tutoring through "Literacy Volunteers" he reads at a 5th or 6th grade level. It is hard work for him to read, and takes him a long time to read a 2 or 3 pg article. We do have a computer with a talking browser, and this helps him some. His employers have not understood, and although he managed to work 10 yrs (retired early)from a landscaping job; it required doctors, friends and myself to be his support and cheerleaders. He became his own self-advocate, and managed somehow to make it ten years at this job. No, I don't see it as a gift, but an enemy that one must always fight. It has brought my husband pain, humiliation, and depression. I will say that he has persevered, and I'm proud of every inch he has gained.
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