Dyslexia and African American males

[Robinson02]

I'm looking for any literature in the field of literacy and language to covers Dyslexia among African American males? Looking to locate a theoretical perspective that combines both AA and dyslexia. Suggestions?

[No name]

I am a parent of an African-American male with dyslexia. I don't have literature for you but Torgensen would be a good start. I had to become my child's advocate, take workshops on dyslexia, IDEA, Chill Find. I started advocating advocating for other kids. You may want to explore the followings:
Achievement gap of minority males

Legislative reforms in educations-see Connecticut but also look at the achievement gap issue in that state

African-American male prison population with dyslexia or suspected dyskexia.

Inner city schools are pushing this population, as well at others, through the grades with severe reading deficts. They get a lot of funding and they still fail students even though SBRI is evident but many do not implement such with fidelity. Guess what, most do less with such students in middle school and high school. I know this because of my research and advocacy.

Dyslexia is very complicated and crosses racial and ethnic lines. It can be remediated.