How to Use dyslexia in a Sentence

dyslexia

noun
  • Case in point: Half of Shark Tank’s six judges have dyslexia.
    Byorianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2023
  • At the start of his career, one thing that used to get him down was his dyslexia.
    Gaby Wood, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2023
  • At this point the school system doesn’t screen for dyslexia.
    Jess Nocera, baltimoresun.com, 8 Oct. 2019
  • A decade ago, just five states had any laws that mentioned dyslexia.
    Time, 11 July 2019
  • The board has been able to work with me, given my restlessness and my dyslexia.
    Rachel Emma Silverman, WSJ, 16 May 2017
  • Then her son tested for severe dyslexia and had to switch schools.
    Geri Stengel, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2021
  • With the right kind of instruction, most children with dyslexia can learn how to read.
    Sarah Carr, Scientific American, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Up to one in five U.S. school children are living with dyslexia.
    Sam Boyer, cleveland.com, 13 Sep. 2019
  • There was Anna, who had dyslexia, which might’ve put her ahead of me since Hebrew is read from right to left.
    Nicolaia Rips, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
  • That’s because of the dyslexia Newsom has struggled with all his life.
    George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2024
  • It’s at this end of the spectrum that Casanova tended to find people with dyslexia.
    Danielle Venton, WIRED, 20 Sep. 2011
  • The fact of the matter, though, is that most people who are diagnosed are taught how to deal with their dyslexia rather than play to its strengths.
    Stephen Frost, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2022
  • All demigods are said to have ADHD and dyslexia as a product of their godly parentage.
    Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The book focused on a young boy’s love of baseball and attempts to overcome his struggles with dyslexia.
    Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
  • The real cause of dyslexia may lie elsewhere, Huettig said.
    Anil Ananthaswamy, Washington Post, 28 May 2017
  • With their dyslexia diagnosed, both Yudofsky and Bauer thrived in school and went on to study at Yale.
    Rebecca Szkutak, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Beatrice has long used her royal platform to shine a light on dyslexia, and told Hello!
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2023
  • This latest study could change the way scientists view dyslexia.
    Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, 25 May 2017
  • Branson does admit that there was one time when his dyslexia almost killed him.
    Rachel Sylvester For The Times, Robb Report, 18 July 2022
  • No two kids with dyslexia present the same difficulties.
    Lori Higgins, Detroit Free Press, 11 Aug. 2017
  • The dad of two has previously shared that Ila has dyslexia and has a unique way of thinking and responding to people.
    Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 28 May 2024
  • The bill was signed into law by Gov. Dannel Malloy, who was diagnosed with dyslexia as a child.
    Sarah Cody, courant.com, 19 May 2017
  • The results confirmed Isaac had dyslexia and an above-average IQ.
    USA Today, 9 Feb. 2020
  • People would talk as if my songs, my achievements, my career etc. had been achieved despite things like my dyslexia.
    Heran Mamo, Billboard, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Ben and Emma's Big Hit follows a young baseball lover named Ben, who is sometimes held back in school because of his dyslexia.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Cruise suffered from dyslexia, as did his mother and three sisters, Biography.com also points out.
    Erica Lamberg, Fox News, 3 July 2023
  • And help people with dyslexia and others who struggle with reading.
    Edward C. Baig, USA TODAY, 15 July 2019
  • Her comments at that meeting focused on the school system’s failure to teach her three sons with dyslexia to read rather than on book challenges.
    Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 8 Apr. 2024
  • It’s hard to shake a feeling of phoned-in-ness to gags that attempt to derive laughs from a man in women’s sunglasses, dyslexia and jokes about glory holes.
    Time Staff, Time, 22 Dec. 2017
  • Cognitive shuffling may also be difficult for those who struggle with visualizing words and spelling them out in their head, such as people with dyslexia.
    Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 4 Oct. 2024

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