The last word on dyslexia?

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Dyslexia is not just an issue for ‘middle-class mothers whose children aren’t as bright as they’d wished’. Eleanor Doughty talks to neuroscientist Usha Goswami




SOURCE: Children’s Health, News, Advice – Read entire story here.

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