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He is now 41 and a successful lawyer, but getting through school, and his academic frustrations, was a challenge we all learned from. <a href="https://dyslexia.yale.edu/resources/parents/stories-from-parents/the-best-things-i-did-for-my-dyslexic-child/" class="more"></a></p> </p> <a href="https://dyslexia.yale.edu/resources/parents/stories-from-parents/the-best-things-i-did-for-my-dyslexic-child/" class="learn more">Read More</a> </div> </div> </article> <article class="columns js-eh box-1"> <div class="inner-wrapper"> <div class="text-wrapper"> <a class="category" href="https://dyslexia.yale.edu/resources/parents/stories-from-parents/">Stories from Parents</a> <h4><a href="https://dyslexia.yale.edu/resources/parents/stories-from-parents/a-home-schooling-experience/">A Home Schooling Experience</a></h4> <p><p>Dr. Shaywitz’s book, Overcoming Dyslexia, has been a wonderful resource ever since my son was diagnosed with dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia when he had just turned five years old. <a href="https://dyslexia.yale.edu/resources/parents/stories-from-parents/a-home-schooling-experience/" class="more"></a></p> </p> <a href="https://dyslexia.yale.edu/resources/parents/stories-from-parents/a-home-schooling-experience/" class="learn more">Read More</a> </div> </div> </article> <article class="columns js-eh box-1"> <div class="inner-wrapper"> <div class="text-wrapper"> <a class="category" href="https://dyslexia.yale.edu/resources/parents/stories-from-parents/">Stories from Parents</a> <h4><a href="https://dyslexia.yale.edu/resources/parents/stories-from-parents/my-sons-dyslexia-diagnosis/">The Dyslexia Diagnosis</a></h4> <p><p>At a faculty meeting that I will never forget, Lucinda Lee Katz, the head of our school, once explained that one of the most significant challenges parents face is moving from the idealized version of their child, to the real. <a href="https://dyslexia.yale.edu/resources/parents/stories-from-parents/my-sons-dyslexia-diagnosis/" class="more"></a></p> </p> <a href="https://dyslexia.yale.edu/resources/parents/stories-from-parents/my-sons-dyslexia-diagnosis/" class="learn more">Read More</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <section class="section-outline"> <div class="row"> <div class="column"> <h2>Parents</h2> <hr> <ul class="custom-grid col-3 section-outline-467"> <li> <a href="https://dyslexia.yale.edu/resources/parents/what-parents-can-do/">What Parents Can Do</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://dyslexia.yale.edu/resources/parents/what-parents-can-do/suspect-dyslexia-act-early/">Suspect Dyslexia? 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