Q: WHAT ABOUT DYSLEXIA AND READING COMPREHENSION? Answer: For many older and certainly remediated dyslexic people silent reading comprehension may be strong and unimpaired. Students who still struggle significantly with decoding will obviously have trouble with reading comprehension, as might be expected. But after the intensive work of decoding is overcome, reading comprehension weaknesses may become more difficult to understand. Dyslexic students who are partially or perhaps fully remediated may have difficulty with certain types of text, especially if they involve long and uncommon words. Sometimes these readers may only have trouble with college-prep or college-level reading due to additional challenges like the need to understand complex grammar. But students with dyslexia plus some other factor – whether its ADHD, low working memory, and a […]