SPEAKING OUT
Emotional Amy Childs reveals daughter Polly, seven, has been diagnosed with dyslexia
The Towie star is speaking out to help raise awareness
AMY Childs has revealed her seven-year-old daughter has been diagnosed with learning disability dyslexia.
Amy shared the diagnosis after noticing Polly – the oldest of her four children – had been struggling with writing letters 'backwards' and muddles up her words.
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After getting tested by the doctors, she's now been officially diagnosed, with mum Amy saying she 'gets emotional' thinking about how tough it's been on the little one.
Now, she's determined to look on the bright side and her daughter's other skills and talents.
"She gets a bit muddled with her words but she’s coming on amazingly," the Towie star told
"She will get a lot of extra help. She’s an amazing dancer, she won a competition. You don’t always have to be clever!"
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"She’s at a lower level for reading and phonics, they break everything down for her," she added. "There is a plan, but it’s hard.
"But as I say, it’s not all about being clever. As long as she’s a lovely person and trying her hardest, then she’ll get there.
"I was a little bit tearful because of what I went through myself; I struggled so much."
Amy is currently engaged to Billy Delbosq, with whom she has 17-month-old twins Billy and Millie.
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Amy got engaged to Billy the same month she gave birth to their twins, with the pair now planning their wedding.
She had daughter Polly, seven, with now-ex boyfriend Bradley Wright, who she first struck up a romance with in 2013.
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The pair split when he was jailed for 18 months for handling stolen goods, but reconnected after his release and had Polly in 2017.
They broke up for good by the end of that year.
She also has Ritchie, six, from a relationship with a businessman also called Ritchie.
Ritchie Jr remains out of the spotlight and social media on the request of his father, and is the only child whose face doesn't appear with Amy on Towie.
What is Dyslexia and what are the signs?
According to the , signs of dyslexia usually begin to show themselves when a child starts at school.
Dyslexia, also known as a reading disorder is not a learning disability - intelligence is not affected.
The signs and symptoms vary from person to person and each case will have their own unique strengths and weaknesses.
A person with dyslexia may:
- read and write very slowly
- confuse the order of letters in words
- put letters the wrong way round – such as writing "b" instead of "d"
- have poor or inconsistent spelling
- understand information when told verbally, but have difficulty with information that's written down
- find it hard to carry out a sequence of directions
- struggle with planning and organisation
Parents can approach a national or local dyslexia association for help arranging an assessment of their child.
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