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Published October 12, 2012, 01:57 PM

Ellsworth graders overcoming difficulty with language

Dyslexia, a difficulty with language, has been experienced by at least three elementary school students in the Ellsworth area, who have taken it on by attending the Children’s Dyslexia Center of Upper Wisconsin in Eau Claire

Local graders overcoming difficulty with language

By Bill Kirk

Dyslexia is a condition that tends to show up when learning to read and can be remedied.

This difficulty with language has been experienced by at least three elementary school students in the Ellsworth area, who have taken it on by attending the Children’s Dyslexia Center of Upper Wisconsin in Eau Claire, which is backed by the Scottish Rite Masons, Northern Jurisdiction.

“They go to the center to ‘decode’,” said Cindy Feuerhelm, mother of 11-year-old Erica, one of the trio. The others are Cody Gipson, age 11, and Carter Peterson, 10.

Read more in the print version of the Herald Oct. 17.

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