Dear Editor:
Thank you to the North Shore News for discussing the topic of dyslexia once again (Documentary Puts Spotlight on Dyslexia, Feb. 22 news story) and for alerting the public to an upcoming documentary.
Throughout the documentary, I was touched by the young narrator (Dylan Redford, grandson of famed actor Robert) and the other young students, talking about their struggle to be normal.
They are normal, they just learn differently. They are bright, intelligent, creative young people and they are Canada’s future entrepreneurs.
The schools need a system at kindergarten level that recognizes the different learning skills of these young people. Early detection is essential to helping them reach their full potential.
One in five children have dyslexia, which is a lot of children in one school. This surely warrants the school system to pay attention to the fact that they need to develop more than one method of teaching.
One size does not fit all. Thank you to the author of the article, reporter Jeremy Shepherd, and to Cathy McMillan (who organized a public screening of the documentary, at Windsor secondary), for all your efforts in trying to raise public awareness.
Maureen Bragg
North Vancouver
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