Dr. Bill Cassidy questioned Education Secretary Arne Duncan on dyslexia in a congressional hearing recently. In the video, Dr. Cassidy points out that there are still no specific programs funded for dyslexia, even if the majority of the learning disabled population are dyslexics.
Dr. Cassidy effectively points out that progress on dyslexia has been very slow, and that much more intervention that needs to be done. There is a general lack of awareness about dyslexia, which is otherwise underfunded and widespread. Duncan agrees that Congress is the body that needs to step up to get extra resources for dyslexia, including the training of educators.
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Key takeaways
- There are still no specific programs funded for dyslexia, even if the majority of the population with learning disabilities are dyslexics.
- Besides funding or investments, there is a lack of awareness about dyslexia.
- Training of educators about dyslexia is also seen as factor to improve if we want to help dyslexics succeed early in school.
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