This story is a modern day Helen Keller story. Can a child’s fate be sealed by the age of seven? Nicholas was described as:"The worst child ever." Read about the multi-continental journey which takes Nicholas from a non-reader to the top of the academic world,and his mother to a reading specialist.
He’s the worst child I’ve seen in 20 years of teaching.”
Can a child’s fate be sealed by the age of seven?
Every parent has high hopes for their children. When Lois Letchford learns her son has been diagnosed with a low IQ at the end of grade one, she refuses to give up on his future.
After thorough testing, Nicholas proves to have no spatial awareness, limited concentration, and can only read ten words. Although discouraged, Lois knows things have to improve. After all, her son is young, and every child learns at their own pace.
But once Nicholas is labeled "learning disabled," a designation considered more derogatory than "dyslexia," the world of education is quick to cast him aside.
Determined to prove them all wrong, Lois temporarily removes her son from the school system and begins working with him one-on-one. She has no formal reading education herself, and no one to guide her. But she has hope and the strength of will to persevere. And sometimes that's all you need.
What happens next is a journey--spanning three continents, unique teaching experiments, never-ending battles with the school system, a mother’s discovery of her own learning blocks, and a bond fueled by the desire to rid Nicholas of the “disabled” label.
Reversed is a memoir of profound determination that follows the highs and lows of overcoming impossible odds, turning one woman into a passionate teacher for children who have been left behind. Nothing is impossible when one digs deep, and looks at students through a new lens.
You are to be commended for not taking school administrators' word for what your son could achieve. And for writing about it so that others, perhaps less resourceful than you, could read your book and learn how they can help their children, too.
Recently, I came upon a young man, Grant Manier, who is autistic. His mother, like you, found that he wasn't doing well in school, so she enrolled him in a school with other autistic children and learned how to work with him to improve his social skills. She found that he loved puzzles and making collages from bits of paper. At 20, he has already achieved fame as an eco-artist, recycling magazines and posters into fabulous works of art bringing thousands of dollars. Grant has come out of his shell and is quite social, giving lectures and interacting with customers for his artwork. I owe it all to his mother's perseverance. Similar to your story.
Since I was paralyzed 54 years ago, I have lived away from my family and they still don't know everything that I have done. So I wrote my autobiography to let them know how I've come through many trials and many adventures in spite of my disability.
Jamie was a healthy, active 12-year old who loved to skate and played hockey as well as any boy. Then one afternoon during a game, she suffered a stroke that changed her world. Her memoir takes the reader through her ordeal and her journey out of the
Asa D Seeley, a young Afro American man, shares his struggle to leave his past behind as he reaches for his future. In his one-of-a-kind style, he searches for answers...from the visible & invisible. A Memoir in Poetical/Prose form.
