A book to explain them what kind of difficulties they may have and that they have to discover and develop their strengths and gifts is of huge importance.
Such a book will also lead them to metacognition : how they learn best ? are they aware which kind of difficulties they have, how they can avoid them?
If they know enough about their difficulties and their strength they will be able to develop self-advocacy gSelf-advocacy is built on a foundation of enquiry and self-identification of students right and needsh Gavin Reid
Many persons with dyslexia acquire a good reading level - perhaps a bit slow - they like to read, but the quality of the text print is important, not too small letters, page-sitting must be clear. They will choose a book not only for the interest of information, but also if the page sitting seems convenient.