With prolonged closure of schools, focus moves away from dyslexia assessment

‘Many with learning disabilities have struggled to cope with online classes,’ say experts

CHENNAI At a time when schools have remained shut for over a year now, focussing on dyslexia among students, getting them assessed and ensuring that they get the necessary intervention has been put on the backburner by several schools and parents. The number of children that the Madras Dyslexia Association sees for assessments has dropped significantly over the last one year. While their full-time remediation centre used to have around 30 students, it has now dropped to eight students.