How was dyslexia viewed in the 1950s?

My mother was told that my brother was dyslexic when he was in the first grade, by his teacher. None of us had ever heard of dyslexia. We knew that he couldn't read, like the rest of us. However, math was no problem. read more

1950-2000 In 1949, research conducted under Clement Launay (thesis G. Mahec Paris 1951) went further. In adult subjects, the reading of a series of 66 tiny lower-case letters, 5 mm high, spaced 5 mm apart, first from left to right, and then from right to left, was more easily and quickly done in the left to right direction. read more

Most people in the dyslexia establishment seem quite happy with that. Of course, from the parent’s point of view it immediately begs the question of how you determine true potential, which ushers in the mysteries of assessment and intelligence quotient (IQ). read more