I know how hard it is..  I know how many nights you cry yourself to sleep.  I have done that for years and years.  I have actually walked away from meetings at School thinking what don't they understand?  It is simple she is dyslexic she has a special gift..an ABILITY to learn to read differently then her classmates.  How hard is that to understand? Once everyone stopped fighting and focused on Samantha things began to fall into place.  I fought for Sam not knowing what exactly I was fighting for.  I had no idea if she would succeed or not.  I only knew what I had read and learned about dyslexia. I was a parent fighting for a child if I failed I would have admitted it but please please at least give her a chance....Lets just see what she can do without all the stress and fighting. At times I even told the school they were discriminating against my daughter...If the child sitting next to her gets art,  cooking and wood shop why should my daughter have to give it up to take more reading class's.  Why take something she does well at away?.  Why not let her have the stress release all the other children have each day? I dug my heels in stayed determined not to bend.  I also spoke out to anyone and everyone who would listen.  Finally I did bend I agreed to let Samantha give up Spanish to get her reading program I figured she can take sign language in High School for College.  When I gave one thing up they gave one thing up and so it continued.   The school and I finally began to understand each other and Sam began to learn.  This year someone from school said to me I cant believe Sam is the same person who came here 4 years ago.  According to her IEP what she has accomplished isnt possible...It just cant be....Well I smiled .....I will let you figure out for yourself what I told her about IEP's lol...