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...Meisel has spearheaded community service efforts at colleges across the country and is a recipient of the Jefferson Award for the greatest achievement in public service by an American under...
...Phyllis Meisel, who runs a teacher training program on dyslexia at Mass. General Hospital (MGH), says that sometimes people don't even realize that they are dyslexic until they get to college or graduate school. Previously able to compensate for their different learning style, it is not until these individuals are placed in a more challenging situation with greater reading loads that they realize they have some sort of problem...
Similarly foreign languages also pose particular challenges for dyslexic students. Alice Garside, Meisel's predecessor at MGH, says, "One of the things that worries me in the renewed focus of education is everyone is going gung-ho about learning foreign languages. But what they have to recognize is that it's going to be extremely difficult for some students...
With dyslexia diagnosed at the start of a child's education, learning needs can be matched as soon as a child begins learning language skills and reading Meisel says, "Unfortunately, there are many adults who have dyslexia, who did not have it diagnosed when they were Yong and they [have kept] it hidden...
Doctors are also concerned about the legal ramifications of the A.M.A. directive. "If the physician fails to ask and the patient is then further injured or killed, the patient or her survivors could sue the doctor for failing to take action," warns Alan Meisel, director of the Center for Medical Ethics at the University of Pittsburgh. "There is precedent for this in the child-abuse area." On the other hand, while all 50 states require doctors to report instances of child abuse, there is no such requirement for reporting battered spouses. Says Meisel: "A court might well say, 'This...