Your article illuminates the challenges I have been having in BC with my two boys.  Upon the suggestion of the principal, who was also teaching my oldest in the second grade, I paid almost $2000 to have him tested (if I had waited for the School District, it would have meant jumping through the proverbial hoops, which I was told would be a minimum of two years for testing, while my son struggled with understanding the alphabet). I hired the Psychologist that the School Board uses, and she came back with a designation of Severely Dyslexic, Dysgraphic, High IQ.  School Board agreed with that.  My son received help for about 6 months, then nothing.  Now he is in middle school, and struggling and I am told he needs to be tested again. Waitlist again.  Only 2 students per school are tested by the District.  I had my youngest tested in Grade one.  Severely Dyslexic, Severely dysgraphic, Very high IQ.  School Board refuses Designation. 
Denies my son needs help.  Will not give him any.