Readhelp is a revolutionary new web site designed with state of the art technology to provide much needed resources and support to people with 'specific learning difficulties'. Our aim is to assist with information about all aspects of these disabilities to offer all people, no matter there age or current reading ability, the opportunity to improve and succeed. Readhelp also assists with online bookings for testing facilities, suggested doctors and training available specific to your condition, we even suggest products/technology available to assist you at school or in everyday life.
Robyn Pollard owner and creator of Readhelp.com.au was a mother to a child born victim to a 'specific learning difficulty', she lived through many years of wrong diagnosis and payed out small fortunes to tutors, testing centres and online so called miracle courses that offered to help. With each test and wrong diagnosis causing her son to get more and more self conscious and concerned with his reading abilities. He struggled at school and even with private tutors and constant support from his family he didn’t seem to be improving. He suffered symptoms such as headaches, sore eyes and fatigue
At the age of 14 he was finally correctly diagnosed with Perceptual Dyslexia, his is treatment was as simple as a pair of glasses, from that moment everything changed; he finally started to move forward in leaps and bounds. Robyn couldn't believe how much her son improved in the months that followed, his headache subsided, his energy levels increased his eyes didn't seem to tire any more. Her son could finally start to learn through standard teaching practice. For Robyn this was fantastic news however the fact remained, her son though improving still had a far below average literacy level. Over the years that followed her son continued to improve, completing high school with above 80 Percent TER, he moved on to start his own successful business, where he won the Melbourne Young achiever of the year award in 2007. Robyn believes that these successes were greatly due to the discovery and treatment of his ‘specific learning deficiency’. Robyn also believes that if her son had been diagnosed earlier his condition would have been much less severe.
This website has been created to support parents in the exact same situations and adults who have been failed by their education system and have not yet been diagnosed. We aim to increase awareness in the general community and corporate sector about all forms of 'specific learning difficulties' and its ongoing cost to society and a person’s self-esteem not being diagnosed at an early age. It is Readhelp intension through the use of many online forums, blogs and LIVE chats; we create a ‘support network to ensure that no parent or victim will have to struggle alone.
Readhelp understands that school, even private and expensive one’s offer very little support for children who have learning disabilities, which is why we have partnered with many researchers in the field of specific learning difficulties, many organisations whose purpose it is to assist people with these conditions and many professionals with an interest or involvement in the education/general well-being of people with specific learning difficulties. IT is out hope that these advisers will take an active role in our chats and forums in the hope that by providing the most amount of information possible more Australian diagnosis will be done at a MUCH younger age.
Readhelp produces a series of newsletters which update and informs our members on ‘Readhelp’ events; changes to government policy of relevants, and much more. Readhelp newsletters keep our geographically diverse membership aware and ‘close’.It is our hope over the coming years, Readhelp, with the help of members, sponsors and friends, will be able to help many sufferers of specific learning difficulties and become a stray's most trusted advisory of these conditions.
