Councillors have been told that official diagnoses of dyslexia should not be a barrier to academic support or achievement in North Tyneside.
Coun Andy Newman asked council education officers what is being done to address the "postcode lottery" with the diagnosis of conditions such as ADHD, dyslexia, and dyspraxia across North Tyneside.
"I remember with my daughter, I picked up she was dyslexic very early on, and it took nearly seven years of fighting for a diagnosis to take place", Coun Newman explained.
