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Myth #27 #DyslexiaAwarenessMonth: "Early screening for #dyselxia/#reading impairments gives students a diagnosis at age 5 before they can read." NOT TRUE! The purpose of early #screenings is not to diagnose but to identify children AT RISK for developing a #reading impairment 1/7 
I explained this in this article written for @blog_bold: bit.ly/349VNzp : "An analogy from medicine may be helpful in this context: Adults are advised to undergo screening for high cholesterol levels, which can indicate an increased risk of developing heart disease..2/7
..those diagnosed with high cholesterol don't automatically receive a diagnosis of heart disease. They are provided with an evidence-based “response to screening,” generally a combination of prescribed exercise, dietary changes, and/or medication. This may prevent the..3/7
No5 MythBuster for #DyslexiaAwarenessDay! Myth: "Individuals who learn to read in a logographic writing system (such as Mandarin, Korean Vietnamese, etc.) cannot develop dyslexia!". NOT TRUE! Symptoms of #dyslexia /#reading impairments will look a bit different...1/3
...and the neural correlates of #reading impairments and #dyselxia may also look slightly different in logographic languages BUT individuals learning to read in logographic languages CAN develop #dyslexia /#reading impairments. Interested to learn more? Please read ... 2/3
...the excellent work by @cammiemcbride9 and her colleagues who have done important work on typical and atypical #reading development in logographic languages. Also, please check out her excellent course on teaching #reading with a global perspective below. 3/3
