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can anyone tell me the difference between dyslexia and a reading disability?

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Dyslexia is categorized as a reading disability although you can be dyslexic and have no problems reading, just problems with numbers, etc.. You can have a reading disability and have something besides dyslexia like alexia or hyperlexia. And if that answer confuses you, it confuses all of us. (Well, that was probably no help.)

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