Hiding Dyslexia for more than 50 years!

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A Wigan woman captured the hearts of the nation when she pledged on TV that she would learn to read in a year so she could tell her grandchildren bedtime stories.

Denise Gallagher, a gran-of-two from Winstanley, appeared alongside Davina McCall on the primetime ITV tear-jerker “This time next year”, a show which helps its guests to achieve their dreams in just 12 months.

The 57-year-old catering assistant who works at St John Rigby College, had hidden her dyslexia from people for more than 50 years.

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Kansas gets serious about dyslexia

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A bill creating a state task force to help students with dyslexia was signed into law by Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer during a ceremony at Horizon Academy.

The dyslexia task force will advise schools on reading practices, recommend professional development, address state and federal regulations and create early reading screening.

 

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Undiagnosed at School: Why Many with Dyslexia Don’t Get Help

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Project Baltimore’s phone lines are lighting up over concerns about the devastating impact of undiagnosed learning disabilities. Most all the callers saying their dyslexia was not diagnosed by the public school system.

“I would say it’s because if they diagnosed it, that they’d have to pay for the intervention, and it becomes a funding issue,” says Paula Moraine from the International Dyslexia Association in Towson.

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