I am aware, my daughter has Dyslexia.

But this is not a thread about elementary school accommodations, it is about university level accommodations.

The question is why the author implies he needs the same or similar accommodations at 20ish that he did at 5ish.

Or does he?

The point they made about grade school, to me, points more towards early recognition now leads to more kids having a shot at top schools.

Not because they have a 'disability' or a particular type of accommodation, but because it was caught early enough and worked with by people that cared, that now they have a model for learning that better suits them. It was never an issue with intelligence, only that some of us* run into walls because the standard learning lane is pretty narrow. Crashing into those walls in grade school is likely what kept many people* from going to top colleges (or any college) -- but now that it's better understood and worked with at an early age we are seeing people show up who can do the same correct work, but do it in a way that's different.

* Im also dyslexic, but from the days that wasn't a thing in my mediocre public school. I was simply a slow reader that couldn't spell (or pronounce or "sound out" words) or read out loud, but somehow had high scores in other language/comprehension test.

> needs the same or similar accommodations

You inferred or assumed that...OP didn't say it. It's common sense that accommodations would be different for children just learning to read vs. university students.