SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Oktoberfest is a time for pretzels, beer, and fall fun, but one of these holiday events in Springfield, on October 15, is celebrating something more.

The Springfield Center for Dyslexia and Learning is hosting the event to raise awareness for the often-overlooked disability of dyslexia.

October is Dyslexia Awareness Month and the center’s 10th anniversary. It was founded on October 15, a date chosen because one in five people has dyslexia.

“It’s very, very common,” said Noel Leif, its founder and executive director. “A common misconception is that we can find accommodations around it, but really the best tool is education and teaching kids how to read and the different structures of language so that they can be successful, not so they accidentally find an acco

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