PRINTER'S NO. 2614
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
575
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY NEILSON, DRISCOLL, CALTAGIRONE, PASHINSKI, MURT,
DONATUCCI, HENNESSEY, BURNS, DUSH, SONNEY, BIZZARRO,
LONGIETTI, TOOHIL, RABB, BARRAR, DiGIROLAMO, SCHLEGEL CULVER,
R. BROWN, MILLARD, DEAN, READSHAW, SCHLOSSBERG, O'NEILL,
HAHN, MACKENZIE, GOODMAN, WARREN, KINSEY, McNEILL, D. COSTA,
QUIGLEY, ROEBUCK, WATSON, DEASY, PICKETT, HEFFLEY, GILLEN,
B. MILLER, MARSICO, ROZZI, SCHWEYER AND VAZQUEZ,
OCTOBER 19, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 19, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of October 2017 as "Dyslexia Awareness
Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Developmental reading disorder, or dyslexia, is a
language-based learning disability that occurs when there is a
problem in areas of the brain that help interpret language; and
WHEREAS, Dyslexia's symptoms include slow or inaccurate
reading, poor spelling, poor writing or mixing up similar words;
and
WHEREAS, Problems experienced by people with dyslexia may
include:
(1) confusing letters or having difficulty learning the
sounds that go with letters;
(2) having trouble learning how to speak, recognizing
words or determining the meaning of a simple sentence; and
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