IDENTIFYING
DYSLEXIA
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Dyslexia is a language disorder rather than a visual disorder. Reversing letters is a myth (IDA).

Reading combines many skills including grapheme mapping, phonemes, memory, and semantics (NIH/NICHD).

Dyslexia is lifelong and neurological, however structured literacy helps in learning to read (Mayo).

Words with identical spellings can yield different “phonemes” which are how they sound (e.g., lead, tear, wind).

Even skilled readers with dyslexia may need accommodations due to fragile processing (YBDC).

Official documents such as IEPs rarely cite "dyslexia," instead specifying “specific learning disability” (US Ed).

Schools face a severe shortage of specialists trained in structured literacy (NCES).

Dyslexia is often inherited; a child has a ~50% chance if a parent has it (Mayo).

English is harder for people with dyslexia than languages with simpler sound-letter uniformity (Nature).