New Zealand government finally accepts dyslexia exists

Dyslexia, that’s d-y-s-l-e-x-i-a. It’s taken a while for the New Zealand Ministry of Education to get its head around the word but affected families and the Dyslexia Foundation are celebrating long-sought recognition of the needs of those identified as having the reading and writing disability. After denying for decades that the condition existed, the ministry said it would put greater emphasis on assisting students who struggled with reading and writing, including those identified as dyslexic. Read more about New Zealand’s efforts to identify such students as early as possible and to provide them with effective interventions based on their specific needs, in this article from The New Zealand Herald.