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Dyslexia Basics
Dyslexia Basics
The first president of the United States, George Washington, was dyslexic.
So was Albert Einstein.
Dyslexia, which comes from the Greek meaning “difficulty with words,” is a
language-based learning disability.
It affects the ability of a person — even one with above-average intelligence —
to read, write and spell. Dyslexics also may have problems putting things in
order, following instructions, and differentiating between left and right.
Thought to be genetic and hereditary, some forms of dyslexia can also be caused
when hearing problems at an early age affect a person’s language
comprehension skills.
Doctors still don’t know for sure what causes dyslexia, but they say there
is a correlation between left-handedness and the learning disability in many
families.
It is estimated that one in 10 children is dyslexic.
And more males are affected than females.
Dyslexic children can usually succeed at the same levels as others once they are
diagnosed and start receiving extra support and attention at home and school.
Children suspected of suffering from dyslexia undergo a series of reading,
spelling, drawing, math and intelligence tests, as well as visual tests, laterality
tests, visual scanning tests, sequencing and other tests to examine which brain
functions are interfering with their acquisition of normal school learning.
Dyslexia also affects adults, but those who receive attention early in life often
learn how to compensate for the disability by adulthood.
Dyslexic adults, however, tend to continue to have difficulty with language skills
throughout their lives.
But a dyslexia diagnosis is 'no barrier to success.'
Some do recover fully.
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