DYSLEXIA

What is dyslexia?
     The problem in dyslexia is a linguistic one, not a visual one. Dyslexia in no way stems from any lack of intelligence. People with severe dyslexia can be brilliant.     Dyslexia is a lifelong challenge that people are born with. This language processing disorder can hinder reading, writing, spelling and sometimes even speaking. Dyslexia is not a sign of poor intelligence or laziness. It is also not the result of impaired vision. Children and adults with dyslexia simply have a neurological disorder that causes their brains to process and interpret information differently.
      Dyslexia is the most common learning disability.Eighty percent of students with learning disabilities have dyslexia.

• Dyslexia is the name for specific learning disabilities in reading.
• Dyslexia is often characterized by difficulties with accurate word recognition, decoding and spelling.
• Dyslexia may cause problems with reading comprehension and slow down vocabulary growth.
• Dyslexia may result in poor reading fluency and reading out loud.
• Dyslexia is neurological and often genetic.
• Dyslexia is not the result of poor instruction.
• With the proper support, almost all people with dyslexia can become good readers and writers.