Words saved my life. As an undiagnosed Dyslexic/ADHD child, I was two grades behind my peers. I was very shy and believed myself to be very, very stupid. In time, my Mother saw my sadness and realized how terrible my small life must be and, soon, a Home Teacher came to my rescue. She taught me how to "sound-out" the words and taught me something the schools in those times were not teaching...Phonetics.
Within months, I was not only reading my age level, I had surpassed it. I read voraciously. Ten books a week at least. And I remembered every word, del more...
