PRINTER'S NO. 4366
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
999
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY NEILSON, MIHALEK, MURT, KORTZ, HOHENSTEIN,
HICKERNELL, BURNS, BURGOS, BOBACK, HARKINS, GALLOWAY, RYAN,
SCHLEGEL CULVER, READSHAW, FLYNN, BIZZARRO, FREEMAN, KINSEY,
LONGIETTI, PICKETT, McNEILL, HAHN, MADDEN, BROWN, ZABEL,
HOWARD, THOMAS, SONNEY, SCHLOSSBERG, MILLARD, DEASY,
DRISCOLL, T. DAVIS, HILL-EVANS, HEFFLEY, CIRESI AND SCHMITT,
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of October 2020 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
(3) having trouble processing the sounds of language,
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