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Discover dyslexia resources from Learning Ally. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

These words were said to me by a well-meaning friend yesterday. At first, I was a bit taken aback because my kids *are* smart. I suppose I’ve been living in my own little dyslexia-friendly bubble due to joining several\u00a0parent groups. However, those words shattered the bubble into a million pieces, and I came crashing back down to reality.\u00a0I was hurt.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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How many times have people thought this, but not voiced it? As I stood there with my jaw hanging open, my first reaction was defensiveness. I wanted to go into my children’s higher-than-average IQ scores, and repeat that Einstein, Edison, and Spielberg all have dyslexia. As I got home, however, those words sat with me. They sat with me because I realize that for one person who voiced those words, many more think them. And we must, as a community, change that perception. Why? <\/strong> Why do so many people outside of the dyslexia community believe that slow reading means a person is slow in thinking as well? Dr. Sally Shawitz from the Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity<\/a><\/strong> is famous for telling us reading and intelligence do not always go hand in hand. As we look at her research, it’s important to study her words closely. Reading and intelligence don’t always<\/em> go hand in hand. That “always” is important. Her research shows that in a non-dyslexic mind, in fact, those two do<\/em> correlate (reading and intelligence). So, in a non-dyslexic mind, the <\/p>\n\n\n

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smarter you are the better you will read. Bam! That, right there, is why people who do not have a knowledge of dyslexia tend to think it means our kids “aren’t smart” because for those who are not dyslexic, reading ability and intelligence do go hand in hand. However, Dr. Shaywitz goes on to say dyslexia is the\u00a0exception to this rule.<\/em>\u00a0In a dyslexic mind, reading and intelligence absolutely do not correlate. Period. No ifs, ands or buts about it. In fact, despite reading ability, people who have\u00a0dyslexia can have a range of intellectual ability. Most have average to above-average IQs, and just like the general population, some have superior to very superior scores.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So, our kids not only seem smart. They *are* smart.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This, my friends, is a message we must shout from the rooftops, as a community, together, to raise awareness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sincerely, Jules <\/p>\n\n\n

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 After spending 12 years as a broadcast meteorologist, Jules Johnson<\/strong> changed career paths to help children like her own – children who have dyslexia. In 2013, she co-founded Decoding Dyslexia-TN. She’s also a graduate of Ron Yoshimoto’s Orton-Gillingham International program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Learning Ally<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Learning Ally is a leading nonprofit education organization dedicated to equipping educators with proven solutions that help early and struggling learners reach their potential. Our range of literacy-focused offerings for students Pre-K to 12th grade, including our award-winning reading resource, the Learning Ally Audiobook SolutionTM<\/sup>, allow us to support more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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