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Sorry I misunderstood your comment. Sometimes metaphors _are_ taken over-literally on HN. I didn't assume ill intent. Dyslexia is obviously caused by _somethin
by afandian 7y ago
Sorry I misunderstood your comment. Sometimes metaphors _are_ taken over-literally on HN. I didn't assume ill intent.
Dyslexia is obviously caused by _something_, but its forms and manifestations do seem to be varied.
There are specific tests that can be done, and no doubt they are accurate. But you can't test every single child, and I think one should be open minded to the kinds of behaviours that are co-incident with dyslexia in case it might lead someone to a diagnosis.
Diagnosing based on that list is obviously wrong, but I don't think it claims to be a list of falsifiable, scientific characteristics. More something to prompt. I'd rather have a more open funnel than a closed one.
- JoeAltmaier 7y agoOf course you can test every single child. In America we test every single child, every week or two. Starting from childbirth and continuing pretty much uninterrupted until they leave school. In the US the Federal Govt requires schools to test every student for dyslexia and provide appropriate services.
- afandian 7y agoI don't know how things were done in the US. But I get the impression that the educational authorities are keen on automated multiple-choice tests. At school I failed pretty comprehensively at the 'standard' testing until the dyslexia was taken into account (although I don't recall more than a tiny handful of automated tests). From my dim memory (over a decade ago), my own dyslexia diagnosis was a few hours long, included a variety of tests, both hand-writing, physical, an interview etc. That would he hugely expensive to do for every child.