PEDIATRICS Vol. 63 No. 5 May 1979, pp. 791-794
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The Right Not To Read

Russell D. Snyder M.D.1

1 Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, University of New Mexico Medical Center, Albuquerque

Skill in reading is desirable. However, the importance of reading may be overemphasized in schools. Reading skills are determined relatively and not absolutely. Thus, relatively poor readers will persist. Schools cannot eradicate individual differences. Biological M akeup and societal pressures are the important factors in determining reading skill. Present methods of reading remediation are of questionable efficacy and are traumatic to some children. Time with its associated normal development succeeds in remediating the majority of children with dyslexia. Most poor readers eventually attain reading levels that enable them to comprehend the types of printed materials commonly encountered. If a child finds reading difficult or distasteful, that child should be encouraged to read but should have the right not to be forced to read.

Submitted on July 19, 1978
Accepted on September 19, 1978




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