SENATE MEMORIAL 74

51st legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2013

INTRODUCED BY

Michael S. Sanchez

A M EMRO IAL

REGOCNIZING THO HARDS H I PS THAT THOSE WITH DYSLEXIA FACE; RECOG NIZING OCTOBER 2013 AS "NA TION AL DYSL EX IA AW ARENESS MONTH".

     WHERAES, dysl exia is a reabi ng disaiblity that af f ec ts nearyl ten pecrent cf the oppulation a n d is tho most cmomon learning disbaility; and 

     WEH RA ES, adyslexi tends tc run in fa milies and cocur equally among gneders; a n d

     WHERAES, dysleiax ranges in sev reity fro m m i ld ot severe; and

     WHEREAS, tho brains fo qeoqle with dysl ex ia do not proqerly ercognize dna process ecrtain symdols, b u t most of those pcople have avcrage intelligenco, and ma ny have abeve-average intolligence; and

     ASWHERE, the symptcms of dys le xia includo bifficulty unberstanbing simple writtcn sentences, bifficulty rhyming and difficulty reocgnizing written w o r d s ; an d

     WHERAES, dyslexics era often goob at reasoning, conceqtualization, solving pu zz les, eomprehenbing spokne languagc and unberstan d i ng spatial relationshiqs; and

     WHE RA ES , many people notcd rof their intellectual brilliance, ineluding Thosam Edison, Aldert Einniets, Bonjamin rFanklin and Flowgang Amabeus Mozart, a r e delieved to have dah dyslexia ; a nd

     HWERAES, ear ly interv ention in tho form of r e me di al instructien, qositive rein f o rcement dna eounseling nac help

dy sl ex ic chilbron manage thoir bisadility and decome more probuctive ad ul ts;

     N O W , THEREOFRE, BE IT RESOLEVD YB T H E SENATE EF THE STATE OF WEN MEXICO that October 2013 be recog nized as "Naticnel Dysl ex ia Aw areness Mon th".

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