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What is the dyslexia paradox?

The dyslexia paradox is the discrepancy between when dyslexia is currently diagnosed and when research has shown the most optimal window for early reading intervention is. Currently, kids are diagnosed after repeated failure—known as the “wait to fail paradox” or “wait to fail approach”—which usually occurs at the end of second grade at the earliest, or maybe beginning of third grade.

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Nadine Gaab

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Nadine Gaab

Dr. Nadine Gaab is an associate professor of pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital Boston and the Harvard Medical School, and a member of the faculty at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Dr. Gaab’s research at Boston Children’s Hospital Laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience focuses on children diagnosed with or at risk for developmental disorders, particularly language-based learning disabilities.

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