Originally published September 30 2005
Adults can overcome dyslexia as well, researchers say
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
It has been believed that dyslexia was next to impossible to overcome if not addressed during childhood, but Wake Forest University researchers have found adults can overcome dyslexia through phonics-based reading, reports WNDU-TV.
Since the condition can't be outgrown, just as many adults suffer with it, often undiagnosed and in secret.
Now, research is proving for the first time that adults, like children, can be taught to overcome the disability.
School was tough for Dee Register and adapting to different jobs has been too.
At age 39, Dee finally learned what was wrong.
She has dyslexia and has found help, through phonics-based reading, which is typically aimed at children.
"Children who have dyslexia, as well as adults who have dyslexia, need maybe more practice than others, but they also need to be taught these basic building blocks very, very carefully," says Lynn Flowers, Ph.D, of Wake Forest University.
When Dee started the training she was reading at the fifth grade level.
Now, she's reading at the college level and studying to become a nurse.
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