Not celebrities. Real families. Real progress.
Most media success stories spotlight famous people who thrived despite a diagnosis. Ours are different. These are ordinary students who have overcome — or are actively overcoming — the symptoms of learning disabilities through targeted instruction, cognitive training, and consistency.
Overcoming the symptoms of learning disabilities
Reading, writing, and math are the engines of school — and later, adult independence. Without them, managing money, pursuing a career, and living confidently become harder than they should be.
Learning disabilities (LD) is an umbrella term for specific learning disorders such as reading disabilities (commonly called dyslexia), writing disabilities (dysgraphia), and math disabilities (dyscalculia).
- Children with reading disabilities often struggle with accurate word recognition, fluent reading, and comprehension.
- Children with writing disabilities may struggle with letter formation, spelling, and composition.
- Children with math disabilities can experience persistent, sometimes severe difficulties with number sense, procedures, and problem-solving.
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ADHD is not a learning disability per se, but its symptoms can overlap with LD, and co-occurrence is common.
The hopeful part? With the right instruction, cognitive training, and consistent practice, many LD symptoms can be significantly reduced. Below are 20 real-world success stories from Edublox students and their families.
Reading disabilities success stories
Watch: Beating a Reading Disability – A Success Story (Veronica)
A parent shares how his daughter’s reading improved from being several years behind to catching up with her classmates — a wonderful reminder of what’s possible with the proper support.
Watch: Severe Dyslexia Success Story (Cristiano)
Cristiano was diagnosed with double-deficit dyslexia, one of the most severe forms of dyslexia. With Edublox’s structured program — integrating targeted reading instruction with cognitive training — he made remarkable gains in reading fluency, confidence, and overall learning.
Story of a Boy Who Overcame Dyslexia and Earned a Master’s Degree (Abraham)
After failing fourth grade and stagnating for two years, Abraham began Edublox. His progress accelerated, ultimately completing a master’s degree at university.
Watch: Visual Processing Disorder and Dyslexia Success Story
In this video, a mother shares her journey of helping her son overcome the symptoms of visual processing disorder and dyslexia. Visual processing disorder is a neurological condition in which the brain has difficulty interpreting visual information despite normal eyesight. It often coexists with learning difficulties such as dyslexia and can affect both academic performance and daily activities.
Watch: Student with Severe Dyslexia Improves by 54 Percentiles (Maddie)
Maddie was initially diagnosed with dyslexia. Later, the diagnosis was changed to severe dyslexia, with additional diagnoses of moderate dyscalculia and ADHD. On top of that, her Full Scale IQ score was 81, placing her in the Low Average range. After three years of intervention yielded few results, Maddie finally embarked on the Edublox program. Her IQ score increased to 103, and she improved by 54 percentiles in reading.
Read and Watch: A Profound Dyslexia and Dyscalculia Success Story (Amy)
Amy was diagnosed with severe dyslexia and dyscalculia. She got so behind in school that her parents started homeschooling her. She also started with Edublox’s live online tutoring. Amy overcame many obstacles. Her reading improved from being unable to read to the 46th percentile on the 8th-grade level. Her mom, Sandy, shares Amy’s progress over three years.
Watch: Student with Dyseidetic Dyslexia Improves by 26 Percentiles (Rief)
A developmental optometrist referred his 9-year-old patient, Rief, to Edublox for help with dyseidetic dyslexia, also known as orthographic dyslexia or surface dyslexia. Following intervention, Rief’s reading improved from the 34th to the 60th percentile, and he went on to achieve outstanding academic results.
Dyslexic Becomes an Honors and Advanced Placement Student
After two weeks on Edublox, a mom in Fullerton reported her daughter began to love reading and her handwriting improved overnight. Four years later, in her first year of high school, she was enrolled in Honors English, Honors Geometry, and AP History.
Watch: Overcoming Learning Challenges – It’s Life-Changing! (Naeleigh)
Watch Naeleigh’s heart-warming story of overcoming learning challenges. Through Edublox’s Development Tutor program, she strengthened cognitive skills such as concentration, processing speed, memory, and reasoning, while Live Tutor and targeted homework activities helped her improve her reading, spelling, and math skills.
Writing disabilities success stories
Overcoming a Spelling Problem: Kindergarten to 6th Grade in Six Months
A New Mexico mom shares how focused Edublox work unlocked spelling: “It felt like part of my daughter’s mind was trapped — Edublox set her free.”
Dysgraphia Success Story: Handwriting No Longer an Issue
After 30 hours on the Edublox Dysgraphia Program, Jennifer Gilliland reports legibility, speed, and confidence gains that changed schoolwork at home and in class.
Days of Fighting to Do Homework Are Over (Kenny)
Kenny learned to enjoy reading. His spelling now stuns people, and his word-attack skills have become “phenomenal,” his mom says.
Math disabilities success stories
Watch: Student with Dyscalculia Gains 7 Years in Math in 3 Years (Hannah)
Six years of teaching and tutoring failed to help Hannah, who had severe dyscalculia. Then her mother discovered the Edublox system and decided to give it a try. Robyn, a family physician, volunteered to share this testimony because Edublox changed her daughter’s life.
Watch: Edublox Math Program Opens New Worlds (Veronica)
As a result of dyspraxia, Veronica struggled with reading and math. In this video, her father shares how Edublox’s math program opened new worlds for her.
Math Program Delivers “Immediate Results.” He No Longer Hates Math (Weiping)
Once Kim’s son started Edublox, the results were immediate. The straightforward methods restored his confidence and changed his outlook — he no longer hates math. Today he smiles through lessons, proudly saying, “I know it, I know it… I’m so smart!”
More Progress in Weeks than with other Programs in Years (William)
William’s mom shares her son’s progress in math after enrolling him in Edublox’s Live Tutor program: “Within weeks of working with his tutors, he made more improvement than he had made in years of any other curriculum.”
ADHD success stories
ADHD Success Story: Schoolwork No Longer Means Anxiety, Sadness, Tears (Kori)
Kori was diagnosed with ADHD in 1st grade. After play therapy and auditory processing therapy fell short, Kori started Edublox. She gained confidence, her word speed increased, and her frustration tolerance and reading improved.
Real Progress for Student with Apraxia, Sequential Disorder, ADHD (Carsten)
A Utah mom shares five months of gains for her son diagnosed with apraxia of speech, poor working memory, sequential processing disorder, and severe ADHD (and suspected dyslexia).
Life-changing Difference for Student with ADHD (Erigh)
Erigh, diagnosed with ADHD, dyspraxia, and dyslexia, had barely passed third grade and was set to fail fourth. After starting Edublox, he can concentrate better, his marks improved by about 30%, and both his reading and writing made clear gains.
Twins with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Overcome Learning Difficulties (Joshua & Jeremiah)
Joshua and Jeremiah (FAS) repeated Grade 2 and were promoted to Grade 3 with support; Jeremiah also had ADHD and severe dyslexia. Their family shares a story of steady victory.
Edublox helps children with learning disabilities
Edublox integrates cognitive training with reading, writing, or math tutoring, grounded in solid learning principles. We support mild, moderate, and severe LD profiles via Live Online Tutoring and in-center options where available.
Edublox helps students become lifelong learners and confident, independent thinkers. It isn’t a quick fix — but used consistently, it can permanently alleviate many LD symptoms.
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Edublox offers help to students with reading, writing, math, and other learning disabilities. We support families worldwide. Book a free consultation to discuss your child’s learning needs.
Edublox is proud to be a member of the International Dyslexia Association (IDA), a leading organization dedicated to evidence-based research and advocacy for individuals with dyslexia and related learning difficulties.
