It's true that "dyslexia" is a term that covers a wide range of conditions, but I think an inability to move to whole-word reading is a major instance of what we call dyslexia.

In any case, my blog is mainly about me, and I was mainly interested in my own inability to make sense of phonics, a concept that I never really understood until I was an adult, and that daunted me while learning to read (until I made the jump to whole-word reading on my own).

As an aside, I also always had trouble with the rotatable letters—I had to (sometimes still have to) write the letter down and look at it to remember which is b and which is d.

Thanks for your comment!