We won't tell him Ash, it's the nievety that's so endering.
Anyone who knows Jackie Stewart's story will recognise how profound an effect dyslexia can have.
Briefly he was separated from his peer group on going to senior school and labelled a dunce because of his, now obvious, dyslexia. Obviously went on to huge success in spite of this but was diagnosed at about 40 years of age when his son had difficulty at school. He never understood until then why he'd been treated like that as a child. Very sad.
I'm not, but my son is dyslexic. I could see almost as soon as his reading was not progressing as a young child, he's currently 14. The school would not accept this even going so far as to blame him having long hair! So he couldn't see properly. His year three teacher took it apon herself to tie his hair up out of the way to improve his ability!!! Made him feel really good in his class, what an asshole.
After much diplomatic talk with school, went on to be properly assessed within the education system which now acknowledges his ability.
His secondary school was chosen by us with a big part of our view in how they would work with him. They've mostly fulfilled that, so heading in the right direction. But still his reports reference poor writing/spelling skills regularly. Each parent's evening we still feel we have to remind some of the teachers that have written that of his capabilities in this area
I'm dammed certain that it's not going to affect his education if I have anything I can do to influence it. He's just not capable in that one area, it should never restrict his outlook on subjects.
We promote skills that take him through subjects in perhaps a less constrained, narrow, purely writing led focus.
He has an accute memory and, as this affects people differently, he gets punctuation and grammar but often can't interpret or formulate the words themselves.
Also have mate who's started, built and sold businesses. Profoundly dyslexic, one of them is a printing company! Just very good at what he does in spite of this perceived fault.
That's what it is, a perceived fault with someone based solely on a rigid academic doctrine. Its not a real fault at all.