A/N: I don't own Harry Potter or any related characters

This is for the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Assignment #9

Childcare - Understanding Learning Difficulties/Disabilities in Children

Write about a Hogwarts-age student having Dyslexia, or Dyslexia-type symptom

Word count: 580

Ron threw the book across the room. Hermione looked up at him from her own book.

"It doesn't make any sense, 'Mione," he stated. Hermione blinked.

"What doesn't make sense, Ron? The chapter seems pretty straight forward," she stated. There weren't even that many large words.

"I think my copy of the book is defective," he answered. "Let me see yours." She handed him the book. He squinted at it like Harry did when he'd lost his glasses.

"This one is the same. All the letters are jumbled and messed up."

"I could read it just find. Did someone hit you a hex or something?" she asked. Ron shook his head.

"No, all my books are like this. Maybe someone hexed the books?" he suggested hopefully. Hermione shook her head.

"No one's touched my book." Ron's face fell.

"Have you always had trouble reading?" she asked staring at him. A grain of an idea forming in the back of her brilliant mind.

"Maybe?" Ron admitted. Hermione nodded slowly.

"Have you ever heard of something called dyslexia?"

"What's that? A spell?"

"No, it's a learning disability. It means that words and letters are all jumbled up when you try to read them."

"Is it magical?"

"No, muggle kids have it too," she stated. She remembered a girl in her primary school who had been dyslexic. Hermoine tilted her head trying to remember what the teacher had done to help that girl.

"I'm not a muggle," Ron almost yelled.

"What does that have to do with anything? Maybe there's some books in the library? If not, I can write my parents and they can send me some. Do you remember what the professors say in class?" Ron nodded.

"I mean, Binns puts me to sleep." Hermione fought the urge to roll her eyes. Neither Ron nor Harry ever really paid attention in History of Magic.

"So, what if I read you the book?" Ron made a face. "Not all of it, just the parts that are going to be covered in this essay?"

"I guess we can try it," Ron whispered slightly embarrassed. Hermione nodded picking her book back up and started reading it out loud. A few minutes later, she heard Ron's quill scribbling across the parchment. She smiled.

Ron stared at the piece of parchment in front of him.

"I did it, 'Mione! I got an O!" Hermione looked over his shoulder.

"Good job, Ron. See, you can do it."

"Can you enchant the books to read themselves?" Ron asked. Hermione blinked. She'd not thought of that, but it sounded possible.

She held the book in front of her. Ron was sitting at the table watching her.

"Did it work?" he asked. She nodded. She opened the book and it started reading itself to Ron.

"It works! Wow, it's even in your voice."

"I thought it might be a nice touch. The words light up as it reads, so you can see where you are on the page. If you need it to repeat, just press your wand to that section. Here, let me show the charm, so you can do this to any book you need." Hermione pulled out her wand and showed Ron the wand movement and taught him the incantation. They practiced it until Ron could do it.

"Now, I expect you to get Os on every essay," she stated. Ron smiled.

"Except History of Magic," Ron joked. Hermione laughed glad she could help her friend.