11.   He developed a scale of reading difficulty based on the frequency of unfamiliar or difficult words in a text.

12.   High, now a computer programmer, has made it his mission to create software that helps people overcome their reading difficulties.

13.   Lyon realizes that his pledge to wipe out early reading difficulties has, in fact, no proven track record.

14.   Scientists have developed a radically different treatment for children with severe language and reading difficulties, one that may have applications for millions of children with dyslexia.

15.   So far, only one gene locus on chromosome six has shown a strong correlation with reading difficulties, Cardon said.

16.   The heart of the initiative is the thousands of college students who will receive federal stipends through work-study programs to tutor young people with reading difficulties.

17.   The funds will flow mainly to poorer schools that have the largest numbers of children with reading difficulties.

18.   The phrase originally referred to studies by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, finding that children with reading difficulties needed to learn phonics.

19.   What impelled her into working for better education, she said, was discovering how many of the people who came before the board had reading difficulties.

20.   Lee was in the news earlier this week after revealing he had mild dyslexia, a learning disorder that causes reading difficulties.