THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Tuesday, March 19, 1996 TAG: 9603190037
SECTION: DAILY BREAK PAGE: E1 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY LAURA BEIL, DALLAS MORNING NEWS
LENGTH: Short : 27 lines
IMAGINE TRYING to read this sentence without associating the right sound with each combination of letters. For millions of children, that exercise isn't imaginary.
Dyslexia is one of the foremost challenges to education in the United States, striking perhaps as many as one in every seven students to some degree. Yet as common as it may be, few learning disabilities are as misunderstood. In fact, the nation's oldest dyslexia organization has bodies of literature devoted to explaining what dyslexia is NOT. [The complete text of this wire story is not available in the library database. For a copy of complete text, see microfilm.]
KEYWORDS: DYSLEXIA COMPUTER LEARNING DISABILITIES by CNB