{"id":1342,"date":"2021-06-22T20:20:17","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T20:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drshellysingh.com\/blog\/?p=1342"},"modified":"2021-06-30T13:05:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T13:05:38","slug":"an-ode-to-dyslexia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drshellysingh.com\/blog\/an-ode-to-dyslexia\/","title":{"rendered":"An ode to dyslexia"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1342\" class=\"elementor elementor-1342\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ebd41f7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ebd41f7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b324041\" data-id=\"b324041\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c1165a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c1165a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My younger son was diagnosed with Dyslexia when he was in Prep. 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