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                             How Tony Learned to Read: Growing Up Dyslexic

My name is Tony. When I was 8 years old, I still couldn't read or write. I knew something was wrong.

The "experts" in my school first told my parents I was a slow learner. That was a lie. I learned most things without any problem. I just can't read or write. Then they said my only problem was a pushy mother. That's not just wrong. It was just plain crazy.

That's when my mother took me to a neurologist. After some tests he said "Tony, you are incredibly intelligent. (I knew that.) You are also severely dyslexic. You might not ever learn to read or write." I sure hoped he was wrong but I thought he might be right.

It took me a while to understand that MIGHT not and WILL not were different. Might not was better. It meant I still might learn to read and write if I just worked hard enough.

My mother and I wrote this book so you would understand how it feels when everyone in your class can read except you. It was so painful that I couldn't even tell my parents how I felt. They asked how school was that day and I'd say "fine." But it never was fine.

We hope that people with dyslexia or with dyslexic kids will learn from things we did right and avoid some of our mistakes.

Growing Up Dyslexic isn't easy. It can be terribly hard. In our book, you might laugh sometimes and sometimes you might cry. This book is about pain, fear, and failure. It is also about courage, determination, and some really amazing success stories.

It's a book you will never forget.

When Tony Fishel was in third grade and still not able to read or write, the school tested him for dyslexia and told his parents that his only problem was a pushy mother. His parents then took him to a neurologist who told him he was extremely intelligent but also severely dyslexic and that he might not ever learn to read or write. Tony was determined to be a physics teacher. With his mother's help, he struggled though school, college, and grad school. Then He taught himself to read. And yes, he is is a physics teacher. He and his mother wrote this book teogether.

Judy Fishel is a retired teacher. She taught Science and Math, mainly in Middle School and High School and twice won the Presidential Award for Teaching Mathematics. Working with her son, Tony, she learned things that Tony had never told her because they were too painful for him to even think about. We hope that reading this book will help people understand what it is like, growing up dyslexic and that they will understand how they can help their dyslexic children and grandchildren