# The Dyslexia Myth

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 8, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dyslexia-myth/520483 "2009-12-08T19:31:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dyslexia-myth/520483/5 "2009-12-08T19:39:41Z")

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> [@Paleface](#):
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> Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

This is probably true - _after you’ve practiced reading for years_.

[Here’s a recent thread about dyslexia.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=536959) **sevenwood** ’s post is particularly helpful here, I think:

> [@A dyslexic's description of the problem - a scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dyslexics-description-of-the-problem-a-scam/514759/14):
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> My oldest daughter is severely dyslexic. […] To me, text on a page is static. It just sits there quietly. To her, that same text is constantly moving. Or as she used to say as a kid “the letters run around.” There is no real difference between a “d” and a “b” - they’re both the same (or more precisely one flips around and becomes the other).

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