QUESTION: How do we, as parents detect reading difficulties in children as a special difficulty? We tend to ignore it thinking that the child is ‘lazy’ and may improve at a later stage.
ANSWER: It is sad that we need to go into the research done by the west for every query that we get. Ms Susan Hall, who has served on the IDA National Board of Directors is an authority on dyslexia. According to her, there are definite research conclusions regarding this query. The key research conclusions are that  (a) 90% of children with reading difficulties will achieve grade level in reading if they receive help by the first grade.
(b) 75% of them who get help are delayed to age nine or later, continue to struggle throughout their school careers.
(c) If help is given at the fourth grade they take four times as long to improve the same skills with the same effort. Parents who realise this will not waste valuable time waiting for their child to become good readers without help.
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