Learners with dyslexia experience difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition. They also have poor spelling and decoding abilities. Grade 7 learner, Katlego Pilane was recently diagnosed with dyslexia. He explains what it means.
“Before I would write tests like any other normal student but it was hard to spell and I think because of that I would get lower grades, so then especially when I wrote homework, my mom would see how I write my homework and would sometimes complain, but since we have found out about dyslexia we see that, it is not my fault. “
To deal with the challenges that Katlego faces, the school provides a scriber and he is tested differently to accommodate his needs. While his classmates were curious at the beginning, they now understand.
What can I the school is not following the procedure for a dyslexic child?