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Opinion: Can a Daughter With Dyslexia Learn to Love Words?

New York Times (Blog)

Last summer, our first-grade daughter was diagnosed with dyslexia — a neurological disorder that affects your ability to read and write. But my pain has little to do with a label or a disability. In fact, the emptiness I'm trying to fill by writing these words is exactly what is creating the void. I'm a mother (as of a little over nine years ago). But, I've been a writer — a lover of words — since the day I learned to read.


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