Guest guest Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 Hello edumom, e> All four in my household are dyslexic to some extent. I have one cousin with asperger's. It was suggested early on that I have my elder son tested for adhd, but I ducked the suggestion for years. e> When he was finally tested, he " scored " just barely outside the ADHD " spectrum " . I saw the test; if they'd tested him a year or two earlier, he would have scored as definitely adhd. e> I'm the only one with thyroid problems as far as I know. e> what's the significance of this? My immediate family is 3 right handed folks, one left handed, but we are all left eye dominant. I've got one left handed nephy out of 5 niece/nephews. We've also e> got two with color change eyes! grey to hazel to green to blue, depending on mood or color of clothes. My sister had these eyes as well. being ambidextrous tends to go with dyslexia and dyspraxia i spoke with some of the experts working in the field about it and they say that being ambidextrous is a partial advantage in that it helps with adaptations to the learning differences But it limits in certain activities due to problems with crossing the midline of the body I've asked folk on the dyspraxic adults list of they have more thyroid disease in the family but didn't get much response. i did get a few responses from the parents of dyspraxic kids list and there seemed to be a lot of parents with thyroid problems but it wasn't a very scientific survey my son has colour change eyes , people say i have but it looks the same to me =maybe i just don't see my eyes when they change e> My kids are smart-last year a national parks ranger asked me if I'd ever been told that my younger son [my lefty] was a very unusual thinker. Yup, I've heard that often. we are a smart family- as well- though unconventional thinkers e> on the plus side cancer doesn't seem to hit us unless we also smoke e> that's a definite plus...my father's been in remission from hodgekins since the 60's. thats a really long time e> My grandfather died of colon cancer. [and yes, I've had the colonoscopy...yich. had to, father and brothers e> all had polyps found during their colonoscopys] thats a lot of folk with polyps -- Best regards, Alison http://www.alisonashwell.com mailto:alison.ashwell@... new work uploaded http://www.artwanted.com/alisonashwell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 Hello edumom, e> All four in my household are dyslexic to some extent. I have one cousin with asperger's. It was suggested early on that I have my elder son tested for adhd, but I ducked the suggestion for years. e> When he was finally tested, he " scored " just barely outside the ADHD " spectrum " . I saw the test; if they'd tested him a year or two earlier, he would have scored as definitely adhd. e> I'm the only one with thyroid problems as far as I know. e> what's the significance of this? My immediate family is 3 right handed folks, one left handed, but we are all left eye dominant. I've got one left handed nephy out of 5 niece/nephews. We've also e> got two with color change eyes! grey to hazel to green to blue, depending on mood or color of clothes. My sister had these eyes as well. being ambidextrous tends to go with dyslexia and dyspraxia i spoke with some of the experts working in the field about it and they say that being ambidextrous is a partial advantage in that it helps with adaptations to the learning differences But it limits in certain activities due to problems with crossing the midline of the body I've asked folk on the dyspraxic adults list of they have more thyroid disease in the family but didn't get much response. i did get a few responses from the parents of dyspraxic kids list and there seemed to be a lot of parents with thyroid problems but it wasn't a very scientific survey my son has colour change eyes , people say i have but it looks the same to me =maybe i just don't see my eyes when they change e> My kids are smart-last year a national parks ranger asked me if I'd ever been told that my younger son [my lefty] was a very unusual thinker. Yup, I've heard that often. we are a smart family- as well- though unconventional thinkers e> on the plus side cancer doesn't seem to hit us unless we also smoke e> that's a definite plus...my father's been in remission from hodgekins since the 60's. thats a really long time e> My grandfather died of colon cancer. [and yes, I've had the colonoscopy...yich. had to, father and brothers e> all had polyps found during their colonoscopys] thats a lot of folk with polyps -- Best regards, Alison http://www.alisonashwell.com mailto:alison.ashwell@... new work uploaded http://www.artwanted.com/alisonashwell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 Hello edumom, e> All four in my household are dyslexic to some extent. I have one cousin with asperger's. It was suggested early on that I have my elder son tested for adhd, but I ducked the suggestion for years. e> When he was finally tested, he " scored " just barely outside the ADHD " spectrum " . I saw the test; if they'd tested him a year or two earlier, he would have scored as definitely adhd. e> I'm the only one with thyroid problems as far as I know. e> what's the significance of this? My immediate family is 3 right handed folks, one left handed, but we are all left eye dominant. I've got one left handed nephy out of 5 niece/nephews. We've also e> got two with color change eyes! grey to hazel to green to blue, depending on mood or color of clothes. My sister had these eyes as well. being ambidextrous tends to go with dyslexia and dyspraxia i spoke with some of the experts working in the field about it and they say that being ambidextrous is a partial advantage in that it helps with adaptations to the learning differences But it limits in certain activities due to problems with crossing the midline of the body I've asked folk on the dyspraxic adults list of they have more thyroid disease in the family but didn't get much response. i did get a few responses from the parents of dyspraxic kids list and there seemed to be a lot of parents with thyroid problems but it wasn't a very scientific survey my son has colour change eyes , people say i have but it looks the same to me =maybe i just don't see my eyes when they change e> My kids are smart-last year a national parks ranger asked me if I'd ever been told that my younger son [my lefty] was a very unusual thinker. Yup, I've heard that often. we are a smart family- as well- though unconventional thinkers e> on the plus side cancer doesn't seem to hit us unless we also smoke e> that's a definite plus...my father's been in remission from hodgekins since the 60's. thats a really long time e> My grandfather died of colon cancer. [and yes, I've had the colonoscopy...yich. had to, father and brothers e> all had polyps found during their colonoscopys] thats a lot of folk with polyps -- Best regards, Alison http://www.alisonashwell.com mailto:alison.ashwell@... new work uploaded http://www.artwanted.com/alisonashwell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 It was found by some experts several yrs ago, that people who are ambidextrous definitely have a thicker " divider " or whatever that midline brain connection is between the two hemispheres of the brain, allowing the two sides of the brain to more freely communicate with each other. Where the " ordinary " person is seeing a picture only one way, these people are seeing all aspects of the contents of a picture or object. The thicker brain stem is also what allows them to be able to use both sides of the body as primary. This was found in the 80s. It just depends on which experts are talking to us. I'm going to look for more info on this, as I became interested in it back then because I have one child, my youngest daughter, and next to the youngest child, BTW, has this ability. She can write with both hands, throw a ball in the same manner with both arms and hands, etc.....She is extremely intellectually gifted (not that my other children aren't smart, but she seems to have it all), and she's the only one of the 3 girls who does NOT have thyroid disease. That's not saying that it couldn't happen though. Re: problems faced > > being ambidextrous tends to go with dyslexia and dyspraxia > i spoke with some of the experts working in the field about it and > they say that being ambidextrous is a partial advantage in that it > helps with adaptations to the learning differences But it limits in > certain activities due to problems with crossing the midline of the > body > > I've asked folk on the dyspraxic adults list of they have more thyroid > disease in the family but didn't get much response. i did get a few > responses from the parents of dyspraxic kids list and there seemed to > be a lot of parents with thyroid problems but it wasn't a very > scientific survey > -- > Best regards, > Alison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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