Quotes about dyslexia (11 Quotes)

While Sherman Independent School District does have a program in place to deal with students that have dyslexia, Jeremy's parents, decided to send him to the Shelton School in Richardson for his freshman year. We wanted to get him some help while he was s

We don't yet know what factors determine whether people with this genetic variation do or don't end up with dyslexia, ... A host of environmental and genetic influences likely influences or determines whether somebody with this particular genetic variation ends up being dyslexic or not. And until the nature of some of those other influences is fully specified, we won't know what it means to say to somebody that their 5-year-old child has this particular genetic endowment.

I was growing up in the 50's and 60's. Back then they didn't even know what dyslexia was.

Dyslexia is a real frustrating thing. To have the struggle he's had and to still give 100 percent with a good attitude ...

I do a lot of work with the Dyslexia Institute because, for people with dyslexia who do not have parental support, it is a huge disadvantage. I was fortunate because my Mum was a teacher and she taught me to work hard.

Dyslexia may or may not be the correct name for the problem but there are undoubtedly many thousands of children and adults whose education has suffered as a result of their difficulty with word recognition.

I have dyslexia, so I have a hell of a time reading.

I was dyslexic before anybody knew what dyslexia was. I was called 'slow'. It's an awful feeling to think of yourself as 'slow' - it's horrible.

After three decades as an educationist, first as a teacher of children with learning difficulties, then as an educational psychologist and, latterly, as an academic who has reviewed the dyslexia literature, I have little confidence in my (or others') ability to offer a diagnosis of dyslexia,

Ozzy has dyslexia.

We are opposites - he is very methodical and is a computer genius. I am not. Between my Dyslexia and ADHD, it was a miracle that I made it through school at all.