Bill did perfectly spell and in the first grades understanding to read. His writing, however, was atrocious. He became an excellent reader and looked to recognize everything he read. Furthermore, he consumed proper grammar and punctuation on the way and became a good speller.
His math skills seemed to be the weakest link in his learning process. In math, he did great while in the early levels, but in middle school and high school, math was a problem for him.
Some teachers realized that Ben could obey written orders better than verbal instructions. Of these elementary years was when we discovered there is a disconnect between what he noticed and what his brain processed. Some, without acknowledging his disability,