Is it dyslexia or ADHD? How did you tell them apart?

Dyslexia and ADHD often travel together, and they can look alike from the outside: a child who loses focus during reading, rushes, or avoids the work. The rough difference is that dyslexia shows up as trouble accurately connecting sounds to letters, while ADHD shows up as trouble holding attention across many activities, not just reading. Plenty of children have both, and each needs its own kind of support.

For families who have been through it, what finally told you which one, or both, you were dealing with, and who helped you sort it out? What changed once you knew?

Lillory does not diagnose either one. It focuses on the reading half: short, structured practice with the sounds and spellings a reader is working on, and a record of how it is going that you can take to the people who do assess.