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“Your child with dyslexia is twice as likely as other children to have ADD; about 15 percent of students with reading problems are also diagnosed with ADD. Conversely, a child with ADD is twice as likely to have difficulties with reading; about 36 percent of children with ADD also have dyslexia. It”
― Jody Swarbrick, The Everything Parent's Guide To Children With Dyslexia: All You Need To Ensure Your Child's Success

“Many children with dyslexia are extremely bright, and often their pattern of weaknesses and strengths leaves them highly functional in many areas, even though they struggle in others. For example, your child may read very slowly, but with excellent comprehension, and she may have a strong ability to retain information learned from oral instruction and class demonstrations. Through hard work and determination, your child may be able to keep up in class and generally earn B's and C's in classwork. With such a child, you may find it difficult to qualify for school services, even with a diagnosis of dyslexia — the school may take the position that the dyslexia is mild and does not affect her ability to learn.”
― Jody Swarbrick, The Everything Parent's Guide To Children With Dyslexia: All You Need To Ensure Your Child's Success

“Children with dyslexia are capable learners who manifest some abilities well ahead of their peers, but their brains simply are not constructed for early reading. They need an enriched learning environment to fuel their inherent curiosity and thirst for knowledge. If they cannot find intellectual stimulation at school, parents should work to provide it at home. Reading”
― Jody Swarbrick, The Everything Parent's Guide To Children With Dyslexia: All You Need To Ensure Your Child's Success

“One minute your teen is cool, calm, and rational, and the next minute he’s a screaming, irrational, emotional train wreck. If this is the typical teen, imagine the one with executive skills weaknesses—can’t find anything (“Mom, where did you put my backpack?!”), doesn’t watch the road, no sense that deadlines really do exist in the world, willing to try whatever his friends do. If you have a teen with executive skills weaknesses, it’s like taking the typical teen and cranking up the volume—everything is louder, more intense, more scattered.”
― Richard Guare, Smart but Scattered Teens: The "Executive Skills" Program for Helping Teens Reach Their Potential