Shattering the Myths of Dyslexia # 3: Dyslexia Is Expensive!

Instead of a blog, I can probably write a chapter or a book on this myth. My personal experience has been that dyslexia IS expensive. As a first grader, I went to several eye specialists, and this resulted in years of eye exercises and tutoring. Eventually, I learned to read and was able to academically hang in there with my peers. As I look back at my college years, I see that the downside of my dyslexia began to raise its head as my learning frustrations and disappointments built into the mood disorders of anxiety and depression. At the time, I had no idea of the source of my mood disorder problems that ultimately led me to decades of psychotherapy. All throughout my adulthood, psychotherapy did little more than hold my hand. It wasn't until recently that I found a psychiatrist who finally was able to help me make the connection between my childhood dyslexia and shame. Then a priest helped me put together the final piece of the damaging effects of my dyslexic past, and start to heal the low self-esteem that had grown into self-blame. Your child does not have to be plagued by decades of shame and blame because he can now learn to read at grade level and feel equal to his peers when he uses the revolutionary, 3-dimensional Learning To Read Program produced by Reading Tools.

I can only roughly estimate the amount of money and time that I spent with experts, doctors, psychologists, and psychiatrist, and the total exceeds $100,000. In my journey to wholeness, I do not consider this money to be well spent, and at the same time that was all that was available to me until recently. Today, if a family chooses to go the traditional phonics/phonemic awareness approach to correcting the reading disability associated with dyslexia, then tuition costs will run the gamut from a $14,000 to $22,000 annually here in Atlanta, GA. A dyslexic child can be in a learning disability school for 2-3 years, and some children stay in these schools up to 12 years. The cost can be quite a burden to any family, and out of reach for middle class and lower class families. Another route the dyslexic can take is going to the private-after-school reading centers. These facilities on average cost $2500 a year, with no end in sight for the need for them. The last avenue of help is the dyslexic tutor, who usually runs between $55 and $80 an hour. So, the bottom line is: if you go the traditional route, Dyslexia can be very expensive.

At Reading Tools, we have discovered that most children with reading disabilities think in a very high percentage of three-dimensional thought. So, this student needs to be taught with tools that work with his learning strengths. The Learning To Read Program is the best program on the market today for the three-dimensional thinker or for the individual that is referred to as dyslexic. The cost of the program is only $795! The Program is simple and fun to use, and it can be done at home, at the park or in the car.

So the myth that Dyslexia is expensive has been shattered! If you go the traditional route, then it's not shattered and you will spend tens of thousands of dollars and an untold amount of time. Whereas, if you go the three-dimensional route with The Learning To Read Program, your cost is under $1000, and your time spent doing the program is less than a year!

Sincerely,
Bill Allen