I don’t think anyone said that they did. The colleges we’ve been researching want to see a recent diagnosis of dyslexia by a neurological psychologist, but I think they also look for a history of learning challenges. In other words, they don’t expect your kid to wake up at 17 and suddenly realize there’s a problem. There needs to be a paper trail starting when they were much younger. Documentation may include professional test results as well as pertinent school records.
We started planning for our children’s education from birth by promoting an interest in learning and exploration, and modeling the traits of lifelong learners. We didn’t relax our standards when we discovered our DD has dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia.
Dyslexics process language differently than other types of learners, but they’re just as bright. Our DD will graduate with 4 years of lab science (bio, chem, earth science, & physics), 4 years of Eng, 4 years of math (geometry to calculus), 4 years of history, 4 years of foreign language, and several electives. We didn’t do summer school. What we did do was intensive one on one tutoring to give her the skills she’ll need to be an independent, lifelong learner.