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failure to help

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Beata

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Date Posted: 10:15:58 07/09/11 Sat

I have recently read an article in a newspaper titled �The dyslexia boy failed by system�. It was a really upsetting article and made me think a lot about some schools` approach to learning difficulties, such as dyslexia.

The 10-year-old artistically talented child with a photographic memory was totally ignored through all his time in primary school due to being dyslexic. He was never given a chance to have an assessment, even having a �record of concern� from his nursery. He left school unable to read and write. The funds were not provided to give the child extra support in this crucial time of his education.

The teachers and the schools` authorities have to realise that dyslexic children need a lot of help in the first years of their education and failure in achieving that could be catastrophic for a child�s self-confidence and their future life.

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