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“Contrary to popular belief, the core problem in dyslexia is not reversing letters (although it can be an indicator),”

I always assumed the visual processing limitations were part of the issue with the reversal/transcription problem. A sort of neurological sequencing disorder swapping out the correct visual sense with a mistake. Xerox style. One that the dyslexic font wouldn't help with.

If that's apparently not dyslexia, or part of their spectrum, what is it if it is a processing disorder that remains into adulthood?

They come across rather dismissively when their own links, as far as I clicked at least, were less firm. I do appreciate that visual aids hawked to parents are not going to help for this issue either. I would like a name for the thing which is so importantly not Dislexia.



> If that's apparently not Dislexia

Dislexia is a difficulty learning to read. It is a symptom, not an underlying condition. There are different underlying conditions which lead to different processing issues, which in turn lead to dislexia. So you're almost always going to be wrong when you say "dislexia is..."


Why would you quote the parent's correct spelling of "dyslexia" as if he'd misspelled it?

And why are you also misspelling it?

And why did you capitalize it within the quote (despite that being another misquote), even though you don't capitalize it within your own comment?


It was quoted correctly. I wasn't quick enough to fix it before the reply.


> And why are you also misspelling it?

criticizing misspelling in a thread about people with language difficulties...


The post was obviously edited between when it was quoted and when you saw it and made this post.




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