At this point my son reads above grade level. Part of the diagnosis was a BUNCH of testing, not all of which I understood, but that 3 line test was among the tests

As for dyslexia, THAT I know a bunch about. My wife was diagnosed with dyslexia when she was a child. It actually turns out that it looks like she had dysgraphia, a similar problem but not the same. The interesting problem is that she basically can't hear the difference in pitch between 2 sounds - they can be 2-3 octives apart and she can't tell which is higher/lower in pitch. Mary has spent a lot of time research this, and being studied

I do have to be thankful that Mary had help when she was in Jr High. My best friend's mother was her writing tutor. My best friend actually brought her to a D&D session, where I met Mary, and the rest, as they say, is history

My friend's Mom became like a second Mother to Mary (Mary's mom was often semi absentee). We lost her this last September. We do have 2 great things to remember her by - her cats