Hi Fred, Just talked to my girlfriend about this, she sez "Sounds like some kind of left parietal lobe brain damage. Have you had the boy evaluated? What did they say?" She showed me a text on neurobiology that described the symptoms exactly as you say, very strange how specific the brain is.
As crazy as it sounds, when we talked about it, I said "Blind people have the same sort of problem, but for the location of the damage. Perhaps Fred could do an end run around the very specific damaged area of the brain responsible for glyph/sound mapping and teach the boy to read braille." It's a thought. It'll certainly help Joey to navigate the world even with the disability. An afternoons sitting with the boy should tell you if this would work. Heck, he'll probably get a big kick out of it. There, that's a good vortex solution for ya (grin). If front door is locked, try the chimney... K. -----Original Message----- From: Frederick Sparber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 6:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Software Help For Joey's Reading Problem? Hi All. Joey is a great little guy (adopted at age 3 in 1995) who can see an exploded-view picture of a Swiss Watch or a Toyota Transmission, and if the parts are in front of him, can put one together in working order even if it takes a week of patient trial and error. He has an excellent speaking vocabulary. On the other hand if you give him an instruction sheet, even for the simplest gadget with no pictures he cannot read the words no matter how hard he tries. But, if you read out the words to him he can pick up on it and retain/apply it. When he listens to a pre-recorded digital voice story he can retain it quite well. Also he can do A+ work on science exams at school, if someone reads the questions to him. :-) I had purchased Dragon 8.0 Voice to Print software, with the thought that it might help him in visual-auditory development, but it is too selective in voice recognition. Is there software available that allows point-and-click word with pronunciation, that could help Joey learn to read? Thanks Frederick
