Dyslexia Facts

October 04, 2010

Dyslexia Fact #4

October it Dyslexia Awareness Month Did you know? “Researchers used to think that many more boys than girls were dyslexic. (Schools were identifying four times as many boys as girls a decade ago.) But an ongoing study at Yale of 400 Connecticut children indicates that the numbers are about equal. The Shaywitzes believe that most [...]

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October 03, 2010

Dyslexia Awareness Fact #3

Since October is Dyslexia Awareness Month- we will post one dyslexia fact each day during the month of October to raise awareness this learning disability. Did you know? “Thirty-three percent of fourth graders are unable to read a simple book; twenty-five percent of adults are unable to read a newspaper.” (National Center for Educational Statistics, 1999; [...]

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October 02, 2010

Dyslexia Awareness #2

Since October is Dyslexia Awareness Month- we will post one dyslexia fact each day during the month of October to raise awareness this learning disability. Did you know? “The long-term (25-year) Connecticut Longitudinal Study revealed that less than one-third of the children reading below age, ability or grade level receive services specific to their disability.” (Shaywitz, [...]

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