Part I. Biographical sketch and personal memories

Dyslexia and Georgia Senate Bill 48

“…In the mid-1890s, journal correspondences between John Hinshelwood, a French physician, and W. Pringle Morgan, a British physician, shifted the understanding of acquired reading impairment from adults to children with congenital reading deficits (Hallahan & Mercer, 2007). Samuel Orton, a neurologist (Henry, 1998) and a neuropathologist (Orton et al, 1975;Rawson, 1987) in the United States, began to study reading disabilities and noted, using newly designed intelligence quotient tests, many of the children he studied had average to above average intelligence (Hallahan & Mercer, 2007). Orton also suggested familial tendency for reading disabilities.…”

“…Orton also suggested familial tendency for reading disabilities. He was among the first to suggest a neurological basis for the reading disorder and to associate the disorder with speech and language (Orton et al, 1975). Dr. Orton also addressed the comorbid nature of dyslexia with emotional and behavioral issues (Henry, 1998).…”