Talking With Your Child About Dyslexia

We always talked with our children about their dyslexia and still do. Here are some articles to help parents with how to have a converstaion.

Sally Shaywitz, MD, co-director of Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity: “Science has moved forward at a rapid pace so that we now possess the data to reliably define dyslexia … For the student, the knowledge that he is dyslexic is empowering … [It provides him] with self-understanding and self-awareness of what he has and what he needs to do in order to succeed.” —Testimony Before the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, United States House of Representatives