Thanks Rod. Look at the followup posting: Smart people with limited working memory http://budurl.com/h8wr, and the discussion of diffuse attention. I find personally that the older I get (and unless driven by a paycheck) I have apparently developed "diffuse attention" now too, so I can relate to my kid! So what is it that you do in life, and how do you cope? I'm also researching the various online games for working on memory. BTW, at least two Web sites offer free programs for working out working memory: www.memorise.org/memoryGym.htm and www.easysurf.us/menu.htm. Cheers! Thanks for helping to start some discussions on this stuff as I try to help my kid!

hi Liz! You say in this post that dyslexia is not a visual disorder and that movement therapy will not help. Well, yes, in a perfect world, where dyslexics are properly diagnosed, that might be true (although since dyslexia is an umbrella term for several brain skills that CAN be affected by movement therapy, particularly infant reflex integration, I might still challenge that.) Long-winded, but the point I'm trying to make is that dyslexia is often misdiagnosed, and sometimes it's in tandem with other issues. The Facebook page "what causes your dyslexia" is a good start, but parents who are just looking for root causes to reading problems should also have a child's eyes (including detailed visual tracking), ears, and movement checked. My son had problems reading, but he also couldn't stand on one foot at 7.5. Turns out that the two were very related. He is in third grade now, reading at grade level. His comprehension scores are 99%. His lowest scores are on rapid letter and number naming - skills that can be helped by a program like Seeing Stars, by Lindamood Bell. http://www.lindamoodbell.com/seeing-stars.Aspx cheers! cat

Hiya Geoff. Breeeaaaathe. I only add people if I don't mind if they follow me. With regard to people who sign up and then don't respond, I say cut 'em some slack. First off, many of them are technology newbies and don't understand about the care and watering of online relationships. They're still back in email-land. Secondly, the Facebook UI bites so badly that it just doesn't really tell you if you have an email. You have to click on InBox, and I think that it took me several months to get around to doing that (and I am VERY SAVVY). Pathetic, but true. So if a friend of yours is now a teacher somewhere in the midwest or whatever, and she friends you, let it be. Whatever. We assimilate new tecstuff at warp speed here and many other people take a loooot longer to do so. I let some of my old work buddies onto Facebook but only rarely do I put people I don't know and like on there. I reserve Linked In for that.

The Medical Students for choice website addresses some of these issues. It's really impressive. Thank you Maria for telling us about it. http://medicalstudentsforchoice.org/index.php?page=history

My apologies for not giving Dr. Tiller the title he so richly deserves. He seemed like a wonderful, caring doctor. Here is another snip of a story from one of Dr. Tiller's patients. He was her GYN and helped her with breast cancer, helped her mother, and so forth. http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/5/31/737320/-The-George-Tiller-I-Knew

OMG I would have loved a clothing-optional dorm! Where did you go?