By Janel Breitenstein They found out as soon as he hit kindergarten. I remember watching furtively at his pediatrician’s appointment as the doctor asked him to draw an X and an O on the crackling tissue paper—and my five-year-old couldn’t do it. I felt embarrassed, inadequate. It would be only weeks until we obtained the diagnosis that would spiral us into a new reality: significant ADHD, and later, concurrent dysgraphia (highly affecting his ability to write and spell). We were headed to Africa in three months. To say I was “overwhelmed” just didn’t quite cut it.
Learning Disorders and Other Thankful Things
Learning Disorders and Other Thankful Things
Learning Disorders and Other Thankful Things
By Janel Breitenstein They found out as soon as he hit kindergarten. I remember watching furtively at his pediatrician’s appointment as the doctor asked him to draw an X and an O on the crackling tissue paper—and my five-year-old couldn’t do it. I felt embarrassed, inadequate. It would be only weeks until we obtained the diagnosis that would spiral us into a new reality: significant ADHD, and later, concurrent dysgraphia (highly affecting his ability to write and spell). We were headed to Africa in three months. To say I was “overwhelmed” just didn’t quite cut it.