Summary Of The Dyslexia Resource Guide

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After reading the Dyslexia Resource Guide I was very surprised that dyslexia is a neurological disability (Arkansas Dyslexia Resource Guide, 2017). Like most of the people taking this course it seems to be a widespread impression that dyslexia is a disability having to do with vision. One of the main reasons I have always thought this is because one of the accommodations used to help students with dyslexia in my school is the use of different colored overlays. I do not know if using a colored overlay is an acceptable accommodation for dyslexia but using them conveys the message that dyslexia is more of a visual disability. According to the Arkansas Dyslexia Resource Guide “when individuals with dyslexia respond positively to intervention,