Sharing a dyslexia diagnosis with the child is associated with feeling empowered, while undiagnosed dyslexia is linked to poor self-view and the school-to-prison pipeline¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r1 · q1
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q1 i? After a diagnosis is shared, teachers and parents often observe a change in which the child feels empowered, knowing the condition has a name. → Laura Cassidy 2023 q1 i? Undiagnosed children come to view themselves as dumb, may misbehave, and the failure to diagnose contributes to a pipeline in which about half of prisoners test as dyslexic. → Laura Cassidy 2023 (2)

Evidence¶

Laura Cassidy 2023¶

Laura Cassidy, Kayla Reggio, Bennett A. Shaywitz and Sally E. Shaywitz. (2023). Prevalence of undiagnosed dyslexia in African-American primary school children. npj Science of Learning 8:52. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-023-00204-8

q1 · i? · associational · r1

Authors' observational account in the discussion section; no data or test is reported for this asserted change in the article.

"Once a diagnosis of dyslexia is made and shared with the child, teachers, and parents often observe a remarkable change — the child feels empowered, he knows his condition has a name, dyslexia"

Laura Cassidy 2023 (2)¶

Laura Cassidy, Kayla Reggio, Bennett A. Shaywitz and Sally E. Shaywitz. (2023). Prevalence of undiagnosed dyslexia in African-American primary school children. npj Science of Learning 8:52. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-023-00204-8

q1 · i? · associational · r1

Authors' interpretation (type e) citing their prior work on dyslexia in incarcerated men and women (reference 19); presented as discussion commentary, not a result of this study.

"about half the prisoners test as dyslexic, bright but struggling to read but have never been identi fied when they were in school and have no idea they may be dyslexic"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Learning Disabilities and Developmental Differences — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• A large share of black fourth-graders score below NAEP Basic in reading, and the article argues many are children with undiagnosed dyslexia — related
• Federal disability law excludes children disadvantaged by environmental, cultural or economic factors from dyslexia diagnosis, which the authors say encourages attributing poor reading to poverty — related
• Nearly half of screened K-2 children in two New Orleans charter schools screened at risk for dyslexia, and most tested at-risk children met dyslexia criteria — related