Dyslexia and autism often come in the same package because many people in both groups are picture thinkers. You might want to see the HBO movie about Temple Grandin and also read her book, Thinking in Pictures. Then read the article "I Think in Pictures, You Teach in Words" by Lesley Sword. Get Jeff Freed's book Right-Brained CHildren in a Left-Brained World and Allie Golon's Visual-SPatial Learners.  Ron Davis  has both autism and dyslexia. You should get his book, The Gift of Dyslexia and go to his website, dyslexia.com. You might find Thomas West's book, In the Mind's Eye, very encouraging. Many brilliant people are picture thinkers and had problems with dyslexia. I have dyslexia and I have so many things in common with my students who have autism that I am beginning to wonder of dyslexia is at the high end of the autism spectrum.