I spoke previously about trying out prism glasses for Isabella. We knew she had a minor vision issue, but we also knew that there was something else going on there that wasn’t strictly limited to her ability to see things. For example, she wasn’t overly nearsighted but she held her Nintendo DS three inches from her face when playing it.

As with any condition that's not well understood, there is no shortage of LD therapies or treatments that appear, on the surface, well... a bit kooky, let's say. By nature, I am skeptical of everything, especially if the person pitching the thing has a profit motive to get me to believe him. A lot of the crafty snake oil salesman try to pull a fast one on people like me by hiring people to say, "I was skeptical at first, just like you. But then I rubbed this ox urine on my face and wow! My IQ went up 90 points! Now I'm a believer and I got into Harvard!