The Upside of Dyslexia - NYT article and reader responses

Many Churchill parents are familiar with dyslexia and issues associated with it.  In an interesting article in the New York Times titled  The Upside of Dyslexia on February 4, 2012, the author cites recent research documenting advantages of dyslexia:

"Dyslexia is a complex disorder, and there is much that is still not understood about it. But a series of ingenious experiments have shown that many people with dyslexia possess distinctive perceptual abilities. For example, scientists have produced a growing body of evidence that people with the condition have sharper peripheral vision than others."

On February 13, the New York Times printed some of  the reader responses which were equally interesting.

If the links in the copy above are not working, click on these below:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/opinion/sunday/the-upside-of-dyslexia.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/13/opinion/the-reality-of-dyslexia-millions-struggle.html