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At the moment, schools often have conflicting information about what dyslexia is and what help they can offer," says Dr John Rack, of UK charity Dyslexia Action.

Dr John Rack, of Dyslexia Action, welcomed the 'landmark' findings but Professor Julian Elliott, of Durham University, insisted: 'Children with difficulties need special help but what they don't need is some pseudo-medical label.

A major barrier to children with dyslexia succeeding in class is the lack of expertise in schools to cope with their learning needs, Dyslexia Action said.

The British Dyslexia Association, Dyslexia Action, the Professional Association of Teachers of Students with Specific Learning Difficulties and Xtraordinary People said in a joint statement: "Our organisations strongly believe that the country should be implementing a simple system where each school would have one teacher trained as a dyslexia/SpLD [specific learning difficulties] specialist who can recognise and support children with dyslexia/SpLD.

Anna Tylor, chair of the Right to Read Alliance and Trustee of Dyslexia Action, says: "We are lobbying for all books to be available in alternative formats.

Dr John Rack, head of assessment andevaluation at charity Dyslexia Action, said the two cases would help highlightthe problems faced by dyslexics who were overlooked or bullied in theworkplace.

One of the first things he did was take the test for diagnosing dyslexia and contact the charity Dyslexia Action.

If the answer to most of the questions is Yes, it would be wise to seek further advice Find out more from Dyslexia Action at www.