SewBlue on Nostr: npub1cuscs…66789 My kid is severely, profoundly dyslexic. It is far far worse than ...
npub1cuscsrz6efq99ptktk26x58v4yqy9y46ytp8xw4rjjwq0wlt6znst66789 (npub1cus…6789) My kid is severely, profoundly dyslexic. It is far far worse than most realize.
The rate of learning disabilities in jail and prison is astronomical. A Texas jail measured the rate of learning disabilities (mostly dyslexia) at 80% of the jail population, when it is naturally less than 1 in 5.
Current testing methods for dyslexia only captures severe cases, or cases where there is an easy, measurable gap between spoken intelligence and reading. If you moderately struggle with reading due to dyslexia but aren't naturally brilliant in some other way, testing simply doesn't catch it.
It can be corrected with teaching that is more like physical therapy for the brain. Instead we go cheap on education, focusing on the kids that are easy to teach, then spend the money on prisons because dyslexics are excluded from jobs due to poor reading skills.
We basically jail dyslexics if they aren't from rich families able to pay for a dyslexia education.
The rate of learning disabilities in jail and prison is astronomical. A Texas jail measured the rate of learning disabilities (mostly dyslexia) at 80% of the jail population, when it is naturally less than 1 in 5.
Current testing methods for dyslexia only captures severe cases, or cases where there is an easy, measurable gap between spoken intelligence and reading. If you moderately struggle with reading due to dyslexia but aren't naturally brilliant in some other way, testing simply doesn't catch it.
It can be corrected with teaching that is more like physical therapy for the brain. Instead we go cheap on education, focusing on the kids that are easy to teach, then spend the money on prisons because dyslexics are excluded from jobs due to poor reading skills.
We basically jail dyslexics if they aren't from rich families able to pay for a dyslexia education.