Marietta Everett - The Upside-Down Girl

In 1970 a young lady by the name of Marietta Everett was awarded a full scholarship to Alabama State University because she had an unusual "disability" - she saw the world upside-down. Fortunately for her, no one ever told her that books had to be held "right-side-up" and no one corrected her when she wrote upside-down. And by the time one of her Junior High teachers discovered that she did it this way, it was too late...

How do you tell one of your top-performing students that she has to re-learn how to read and write?

Her story was published in two national magazines - Jet in 1969, and Ebony in 1970. Here are the links:

http://books.google.com/books?id=jDgDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA17&lpg=PA17&dq=marietta+everett+jet&source=bl&ots=qPx68enYC7&sig=hRpfVT5Z9i0uKJqpiELTqrA4LFk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=0OuoUMzhEtO30QHZuoD4Cw&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=marietta%20everett%20jet&f=false


http://books.google.com/books?id=Pit7gWBM6M0C&pg=PA124&lpg=PA124&dq=marietta+everett+ebony&source=bl&ots=39IGulINrF&sig=8qE2fgsDV-93nelctE_M5IbBKVg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=A-yoUJecO4bh0wHb-ICQDA&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=marietta%20everett%20ebony&f=false

Now, my question is, if Marietta's elementary teacher had "corrected" her, would she have successfully learned how to read and write, or would she have become "dyslexic" by today's definition?