That should stick it to the dyslexia deniers. An inquiry led by former Ofsted inspector Sir Jim Rose has prompted the government to help children who are held back at school because of the learning difficulty.
The assistance is worth only £10m, but in these parsimonious times it is better than nothing and is official recognition that dyslexia does exist.
Some 4,000 teachers will be trained as specialists in dyslexia over the next two years and will be allocated to a cluster of state schools.
As it currently stands, the only option for parents of dyslexic children is to hire private tutors - at a cost.
This may be do-able for those on middle-incomes, but for those on low incomes it is a financial impossibility, with the inevitable consequences of low academic achievement, minimal prospects and marginalisation of the children concerned.
It is money well spent and should silence dissenters such as Labour MP Graham Stringer, whose views on dyslexia have been explored in a previous Outside Left.
Importantly, Sir Jim Rose's report has moved the debate on from whether the condition exists to what can be done to help those who have to battle it daily.
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