[Dakotabound]

The big telling sign is that your son could not read

Not necessarily so. My son (ADHD, non-medicated and homeschooled) was not ready to read until he was seven and a half...which is quite true of many boys. But our government school system says now if you can't "read" in kindergarten you are defective.

My son reads well above grade level now at 13.

[luckystarmom]

I said in an earlier post that if your child is not reading at the end of second grade because some kids do need extra time to learn how to read.

My son could barely read at the end of kindegarten, and he is gifted. It all fell together him in first grade.

My daughter with brain damage is in kindegarten now. So far, she is keeping up with learning how to read. If she was not catching on to reading, I would be concerned and start getting her extra help. However, I know she has a problem, and our goal is to keep her at an average level. We don't want her falling behind.