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Myth #29 #DyslexiaAwarnessMonth: "Children with an older sibling or parent with #dyslexia will always develop dyslexia themselves!" NOT TRUE! Research has suggested that approx. 40-60% of people with a first degree relative with #dyslexia will struggle with #reading themselves1/5

Several genes have been reported to be candidates for dyslexia susceptibility and it has been suggested that the majority of these genes plays a role in early brain development. [e.g.; Galaburda et al., 2006; Hannula-Jouppi et al., 2005; Meng et al., 2005; Skiba et al., 2011] 2/5

I am not an expert on this topic and do not want to pretend to be one. So please read the work of these wonderful researchers here: Bruce Pennington @UofDenver, Elena Grigorenko @haskinslabs, Anthony Monaco @TuftsUniversity @saraannhart @FlorinaErbeli @drElsje and many more 3/5

I hope that these researchers will add more resources & correct my and other misconceptions about genetics and #dyslexia. Here is one helpful summary for a lay-audience bit.ly/2BUgoLV by @deevybee & I hope others add helpful articles written for as well 4/5

We examine children with a strong familial-risk of #dyslexia who develop typical #reading skills Some of our work on protective/compensatory factors by @JenniferMZuk & @yu_sea0052: bit.ly/2WpGFuV, bit.ly/2MYIoo7,https:… or by @drElsje or Heikki Lyytinen @uniofjyvaskyla