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MYTH: "Dyslexia is something children will outgrow."
FACT: While some children who struggle with reading may be "late-bloomers", children with dyslexia continue to face challenges as readers as they grow.
MYTH: "Dyslexia affects more boys than girls."
FACT: Over time, researchers have confirmed that just as many girls as boys have dyslexia. Boys are more likely to be referred by their schools for diagnosis.
MYTH: "Dyslexia only affects people who speak English."
FACT: Dyslexia occurs in speakers of all languages, even languages with consistent phoneme pronunciations and languages that do not use an alphabet script.
MYTH: "Dyslexia is a problem of visual perception."
FACT: Dyslexia is often depicted with letters and words upside-down or backwards, but research tells us that dyslexics have difficulty at the phoneme level - with the translation of sounds to symbols.
MYTH: "A person with dyslexia cannot be a good reader."
FACT: With intense systematic instructions, a person with dyslexia can become a strong reader. This is especially true if the child receives early intervention.
Please contact us immediately at (713)510-5699 if you believe your child is jumbling up words or phrases, putting letters and figures the wrong way round, has difficulty remembering the alphabet, needing to use fingers to make simple calculations and taking longer to complete any written work.
MYTH: "Dyslexia is something children will outgrow."
FACT: While some children who struggle with reading may be "late-bloomers", children with dyslexia continue to face challenges as readers as they grow.
MYTH: "Dyslexia affects more boys than girls."
FACT: Over time, researchers have confirmed that just as many girls as boys have dyslexia. Boys are more likely to be referred by their schools for diagnosis.
MYTH: "Dyslexia only affects people who speak English."
FACT: Dyslexia occurs in speakers of all languages, even languages with consistent phoneme pronunciations and languages that do not use an alphabet script.
MYTH: "Dyslexia is a problem of visual perception."
FACT: Dyslexia is often depicted with letters and words upside-down or backwards, but research tells us that dyslexics have difficulty at the phoneme level - with the translation of sounds to symbols.
MYTH: "A person with dyslexia cannot be a good reader."
FACT: With intense systematic instructions, a person with dyslexia can become a strong reader. This is especially true if the child receives early intervention.
Please contact us immediately at (713)510-5699 if you believe your child is jumbling up words or phrases, putting letters and figures the wrong way round, has difficulty remembering the alphabet, needing to use fingers to make simple calculations and taking longer to complete any written work.
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