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To the editor : The fact that California is starting to test for dyslexia in elementary schools is wonderful news ( “Signs of dyslexia and reading troubles can be spotted in kindergarten — or even preschool,” Oct. 7). I had to fight to get my youngest child’s school to tell me more than “we think he might have a learning difference.”

Dyslexia is strongly hereditary, but I am not dyslexic and those on my husband’s side of the family were always able to work around their learning differences and therefore were unaware of the problem. It manifests in a range from person to person, so identifying these differences early is necessary for academic success on many levels.

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