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Old 05-17-2015, 10:09 PM   #31
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Originally Posted by pwalker8 View Post
Technically it's not dyslexia (or it wasn't 30 years ago when I worked as a dyslexia tutor). Dyslexia is more associated with problems reading and comprehending what you are reading.
There's a 2005 article from the Washington Post entitled "Why Stevie can't spell", where the author, a self-described poor speller looked into it, and the researchers he talked to said that the brain functions seen with MRI scans of poor spellers appear to be related to classic dyslexia. I didn't look hard to see if there have been updates in the theories in the last decade, though.
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