My 12-year-old couldn't read, and even as an educator, I had no idea why. It turned out he had dyslexia.

My 12-year-old couldn't read, and even as an educator, I had no idea why. It turned out he had dyslexia.

The author had no idea how far behind her son was in reading.Courtesy of the authorI'm a mom and an educator, and I didn't know how to teach him to read.My son's reading struggles were wrongly attributed to autism, delaying effective intervention.At age 12, he was diagnosed with dyslexia.A few years ago, my son, Logan, was a shadow of his former self.He was 12 years old, disassociating from his peers, losing his hair to stress-induced alopecia, …