Originally published: . Volume 8, No. 5. Source pages: 10.
In a House Concurrent Resolution (HCR 28) Representatives Hoffman, and Senators Thompson and Walsworth, put forth the motion to recognize October 2017 as Dyslexia Awareness Month and urged and requested schools and state and local educational agencies to address the significant educational implications of dyslexia.
The authors wrote, “… dyslexia is the most common learning disability and affects between eighty to ninety percent of all individuals who have a learning disability;” and that “… dyslexia is highly prevalent and persistent; it affects one out of every five persons; and”
“… the paradox of dyslexia is that individuals who have the disability may have weaknesses in decoding that result in difficulties in accurate or fluent word recognition, yet these individuals may exhibit strengths in the higher-level cognitive functions of reasoning, critical thinking, concept formation, or problem solving; and
“… great progress has been made in understanding dyslexia on a scientific level, including the epidemiology and cognitive and neurobiological bases of dyslexia;
“… early screening and diagnosis of dyslexia are critical to ensure that individuals with dyslexia receive focused, evidence-based intervention that leads to fluent reading, promotion of self-awareness and self-empowerment, and the provision of necessary accommodations to ensure school and life success.”
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