William, who was diagnosed with autism and dyscalculia, started Edublox Online Tutor a year ago. Since then, he has made remarkable progress, advancing from counting in ones to mastering the times tables up to 8 times. He can now add with carrying, subtract with borrowing, multiply, divide, and work confidently with fractions. William’s mom, Erin, shares their story:
Our son, William, was diagnosed with autism right before his 4th birthday. Although he attended kindergarten at our local public school, it soon became obvious that school wasn’t the best learning environment for him due to sensory overwhelm that led to frequent meltdowns. I started homeschooling him in first grade, and he made progress in every subject area… except for math.
In the seven years that he has been homeschooled, we have tried every math curriculum on the market, from traditional textbooks to alternative methodologies to online games and programs. Nothing worked. At 12 years old, he was still learning basic addition and had just been diagnosed with dyscalculia and ADHD. I truly thought he would never understand numbers, and I was afraid of what that might mean for his future.
My never-ending search for one final glimmer of hope led me to Edublox, and I am so grateful to have found this incredible program. Within weeks of working with his tutors, he made more improvement than he had made in years of any other curriculum. Now that a year has passed, I am astounded by how much progress he has made, and I am so hopeful for the future.
William looks forward to his tutoring sessions, he actually enjoys talking about numbers and patterns in the real world, and most importantly, his confidence has soared. We are beyond grateful to the amazing team at Edublox and can’t imagine where we would be today without them.
Erin D.
MA, USA
