WASHINGTON — Whereas members of the AAPOS community recognize that dyslexia is a learning disorder and not a visual disorder, there is a need for increased dyslexia education during training, according to a poster presented at the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus meeting.
Irma Muminovic, MD, and colleagues at Byers Eye Institute, California, reported on a 27-question survey sent to 1,668 AAPOS members aimed at assessing member understanding of dyslexia. Of 186 respondents, 49% reported feeling competent to identify patients at risk for dyslexia, 65%
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