[SoftballMominVA]

Dyslexia is a very over-used term, but it does not qualify a child for special education services so it is not used as a label in US schools as it apparently is in UK schools. What happens here is that someone will claim a child has dyslexia when they see them turning around numbers or writing backwards. That is not dyslexia, that is a completely different issue.

Dyslexia is a true impairment that affects every means of communication including reading, writing, and speaking. It is also quite rare. In 10 years of special education and reading instruction, I have taught exactly 1 true dyslexic. This child struggled in every area, but demonstrated marked intelligence with numbers. He is a high school sophomore and is taking Calculus BC this year and will have to start at the local junior college soon to keep his math going. I'd see him doing Calc III before 18. BUT, he reads at about a 4th grade level and speaking for him is obviously painful. He almost needs another language approach, one that uses numbers instead of letters.

I'm not sure what means the UK uses to come with the term 'dyslexic' but here in the U.S. it is not a federally recognized category for special education services, so we hear it in anecdotes, not in labels.

[DieHard the Hunter]

> I’m not sure what means the UK uses to come with the term ‘dyslexic’ but here in the U.S. it is not a federally recognized category for special education services, so we hear it in anecdotes, not in labels.

In New Zealand, dyslexia has only just become recognized by our Government, about a fortnite ago.