C's and S's etc

This was my alphabet for infant school, Hergé describes very well how  I try to spell, the ITA spelling was abandoned when I got to Primary school, non of the teachers believed I had been taught in this way, I came from a different infant school from everyone else in the class.

Ladybird books did a whole range of ITA books.
I obviously didn’t know I was autistic and have dyslexia, I was put into remedial lessons with what the teachers called ‘the pond life.’ 

I learned to read and spell in the traditional way as far as I remember. That looks very confusing. The ‘S’ in the ‘SH’ is nearly like an old fashioned S that used to look more like an F.

I learned to read and spell in the traditional way as far as I remember. That looks very confusing. The ‘S’ in the ‘SH’ is nearly like an old fashioned S that used to look more like an F.

It sounds like it was incredibly tough for you.

My mum used to use Pitman’s shorthand years ago. There were other methods that were meant to be easier to learn but some employers didn’t employ people without Pitman’s. 

Most days I was taken out of class and taught the ITA system, only about 4 of us were taught this way in a cloak room. The rest of the class were taught normal English.

I found it similar to learning your first language and suddenly being told to learn a new one and to never use your native language again.

 ITA was invented by the son of Sir Isaac Pitman, he had invented shorthand.