#But I wonder how much of *her* dyslexia profile is due to poor educational opportunities in early life

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The difference between developmental and environmental dyslexia is really interesting to me. If I remember correctly, develomental is a more innate, structural cerebral difference, whereas environmental comes from a lack of exposure to the written word within the critical window of childhood where your brain is still plastic enough to easily shift resources to reading.

^So I'm putting forward that a sensitive period for reading acquisition exists, as the Montessori school system also posits.

Check out Child and environmental risk factors predicting readiness for learning in children at high risk of dyslexia by Dilnot et al. for more on the environmental influences on dyslexia.

Given Blitzø's upbringing, I wonder if he had access to written language consistently enough to learn it? I wonder if the dyslexia profile we see in him is more developmental or environmental?

Kids that grow up in a travelling circus environment can have access to fantastic education through correspondence, virtual and/or homeschool systems. I knew two kids that performed in a circus that came around a year ago who were doing correspondence International Bacchealauriate (spelling lmao, I can never spell IB right) MYP, which is a hardcore education system.

Kids that grow up in static circuses (non-travelling hahaha) could of course attend a local school. Are there local schools in hell? Is there a public school system? Where do kids go to learn?

Do we think that Blitzø would have more developmental or environmental dyslexia? Both would ofc make him ND, but it's interesting to think abt the differences, and why he could present with the specific dyslexia phenotype that he does.

Similar to the how marvel fandom headcanons Hawkeye as dyslexic - it's really interesting to see people's takes on this.