The Definition of Dyslexia Just Changed — Here's What It Means for Your Family
For the first time since 2002, the International Dyslexia Association has rewritten its definition of dyslexia. The new version quietly removes two ideas that have kept kids from being identified for two decades — that dyslexia has to be 'unexpected' given a child's intelligence, and that a phonological deficit is always at the root of it.