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auditory and verbal skills and the ability published that more than 30 million
to think strategically. ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĚLJƐůĞdžŝĂ͘ dŚĂƚ ŵĞĂŶƐ
ƚŚĂƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ϭ ŝŶ ĞǀĞƌLJ ϭϬ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶƐ ŚĂƐ
LJƐůĞdžŝĐ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ǁŝůů ŶŽƚ ƐƵĐĐĞĞĚ ĮŶĂŶ- ĚLJƐůĞdžŝĂ͘ dŚĂƚ ŵĞĂŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝĨ LJŽƵƌ ĐŚŝůĚ
cially. ůĞŵĞŶƚĂƌLJ ƐĐŚŽŽů ŝƐ Ă ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ goes to school on a school bus with thir-
ƟŵĞ ĨŽƌ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ǁŝƚŚ ĚLJƐůĞdžŝĂ͖ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚLJ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŶĐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚƌĞĞ ŽĨ
ĂƐ &ŽƐƐ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ŽƵƚ͕ ƚŚŝƌƚLJͲĮǀĞ ƉĞƌĐĞŶƚ ŽĨ them will have dyslexia.
entrepreneurs are dyslexic. Perhaps this
ŝƐ Ă ƌĞƐƵůƚ ŽĨ ƉŽǁĞƌĨƵů ƐƚƌĂƚĞŐŝĐ ƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ Tips for Parents
Žƌ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ǀĞƌďĂů ƐŬŝůůƐ͘ ZĞŐĂƌĚůĞƐƐ͕ ŵĂŶLJ
ŚŝŐŚůLJ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂƌĞ ĚLJƐůĞdžŝĐ͕ /ƚ ŝƐ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƚŽ ƐƚƌĞƐƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝĨ LJŽƵ ƐƵƐ-
ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ &ŽƐƐ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ͕ ĂŶĚ ƉŽƐƐŝďůLJ ůďĞƌƚ ƉĞĐƚ LJŽƵƌ ĐŚŝůĚ ŝƐ ĚLJƐůĞdžŝĐ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŶĞǀĞƌ ƚŽŽ
Einstein, Thomas Edison, and Pablo Pi- early to do something about it. Talk to
casso. LJŽƵƌ ĐŚŝůĚ͛Ɛ ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ĞĚƵĐĂƚĞ LJŽƵƌ-
ƐĞůĨ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ůĂǁƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŐŽǀĞƌŶ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů
Dyslexic children have poor social skills. ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ĞĂƌůŝĞƌ LJŽƵ ŝŶƚĞƌǀĞŶĞ͕ ƚŚĞ
/Ŷ ƌĞĂůŝƚLJ͕ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ĚLJƐůĞdžŝĐ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ĞŶƚĞƌ ďĞƩĞƌ LJŽƵƌ ĐŚŝůĚ͛Ɛ ĐŚĂŶĐĞƐ ŽĨ ďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐ
ĂŶ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ĨŽƌĐĞƐ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽ ƌĞĂĚ Ă ŵŽƌĞ ĐŽŵĨŽƌƚĂďůĞ ƌĞĂĚĞƌ ;ĂŶĚ Ă ŵŽƌĞ
and write in ways that are nearly impos- ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶƚ ŵĞŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ƉĞĞƌ ŐƌŽƵƉ͊Ϳ͘
ƐŝďůĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŵ͕ ƚŚĞLJ ŚĂǀĞ ĞdžĐĞůůĞŶƚ ƐŽĐŝĂů
skills. It is only as they grow older and ͻ Get tested. zŽƵƌ ĐŚŝůĚ͛Ɛ ƐĐŚŽŽů
remain undiagnosed and untreated that ŵĂLJ ŚĂǀĞ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůůLJ ƚƌĂŝŶĞĚ ƐƚĂī ŵĞŵ-
ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉŽŽƌ ĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ĐĂŶ ŝŶ- bers who can evaluate your child. But
Bulletin
hibit their social skills. ŝĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŚŽŽů ůĂĐŬƐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐŽƵƌĐĞƐ Žƌ LJŽƵ
ĚŝƐĂŐƌĞĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚƐ ĂƐƐĞƐƐŵĞŶƚ͕ ĮŶĚ ĂŶ ŽƵƚ-
If you are dyslexic, you cannot read. It ƐŝĚĞ ĞǀĂůƵĂƚŽƌ͘ ^ŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ͕ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ
ŝƐ ŵƵĐŚ ŵŽƌĞ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ĨŽƌ ĚLJƐůĞdžŝĐ ĐŚŝů- ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŚŽŽů ǁŝůů ďĞ
ĚƌĞŶ ƚŽ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ͞ŇƵĞŶƚ͟ ƌĞĂĚĞƌƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ďĞƩĞƌ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ŽďũĞĐƟǀĞůLJ ĚŝĂŐŶŽƐĞ ƚŚĞ
ƚŚĞ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌ ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ŐŝǀĞ ŝŶ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ͘ /Ŷ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ďĞŶĞĮƚ ŽĨ ĂŶ
ƐĐŚŽŽů͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ĞǀĂůƵĂƚŽƌ ŵĞĂŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ LJŽƵƌ ĐŚŝůĚ͛Ɛ
ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐ͕ ĚLJƐůĞdžŝĐ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ĐĂŶ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ƐĐŚŽŽů ǁŝůů ŚĂǀĞ ŽŶůLJ ƚŚĞ ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ
“manual” readers who read slowly and you choose to share with them.
ǁŝƚŚ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĞīŽƌƚ͘ ŶĚ͕ ǁŚŝůĞ ĚLJƐůĞdžŝĂ ǁŝůů ͻ ƌĞĂƚĞ Ă ƉůĂŶ ŽĨ ĂĐƟŽŶ͘ /Ĩ LJŽƵƌ
make you struggle with reading, it pro- ĐŚŝůĚ ŝƐ ĨŽƵŶĚ ĞůŝŐŝďůĞ ĨŽƌ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ĞĚƵĐĂ-
vides strengths in other areas. ƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŚŽŽů ĐĂŶ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ŝƚ͕ ƚŚĞ
next step is to draw up an individualized
Dyslexia is rare. ĐƚƵĂůůLJ͕ Ă ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ƐƚƵĚLJ
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