December, 2019 | Special Reads

In Down Syndrome Reading, Early Reading, Education, Nonverbal readers, Reading in the classroom

Posted December 17, 2019

…BUT IS THERE A MAGIC AGE FOR LEARNING TO READ?

Let me say at the outset, as I wrote in my last blog, that it’s never too late to learn to read if you have Down syndrome! Never. With older nonreaders, we’re even more careful to use [...]

By Natalie Hale

In Down Syndrome Reading, Early Reading, Education, Older Emergent Readers

Posted December 16, 2019

IS IT EVER TOO LATE TO LEARN TO READ?

My child/teen/adult with DS can’t read yet…is it too late? No, it’s not too late. My oldest “starting student” with Down syndrome was 33 and legally blind. He is learning to read. This is [...]