Hey, sorry for asking this so long after you finished, but i was wondering if you know anywhere where Cass is referred to as dyslexic because i can't find any. is it just one of these fanon/conventional wisdom things? thanks in advance
Thanks for your ask, doomninja!
Omg, I should really start picking up my sideblogs again. Sorry there haven’t been any posts on this in months. I just haven’t found the energy for it.
Anyway, to the best of my memory, Cass was never referred to as dyslexic in the comics. She does however suffer from aphasia, which is a broader term for language impairment of varying forms and degrees. Cass’ aphasia started out as a complete inability to understand spoken language and severe difficulty speaking even short, single-syllable words. Eventually, a telepath re-arranged her brain so that she could understand spoken language, but reading and writing was still extremely hard for her.
I tagged all mentions of her aphasia as part of my posts, so for a full overview of all mentions of her aphasia (at least until Detective Comics 987), just click here.