What is she like if she doesn't have to look at a peice of paper? She sounds alot like my brother, who was diagnosed with dixlexia (sp?). He sucked at having to write anything down but if you asked him random times tables he'd be able to give you an answer straight out.

My parents did everything to try to help him. To the extent where he was going to tutoring every night after school. In the end they just felt horrible because he'd be getting home work from school and home work from tutoring and it's just wasn't fair, (and it wasn't realy helping) especially when they're so young!

He didn't have alot of problems at high school I don't think, as there are other courses they can do (he picked alot of hands on stuff) to sort of even the strain out.

And failing school hasn't impacted his working like at all. He left in year 10 and got an heavy duty deisel mechanic apprenticeship, he's only on his 3rd year but he's already earning more than I do