Dyslexia and the Brain

Dyslexia is not:

a vision or hearing issue
seeing words/letters backwards
attributable to limited intelligence
due to low motivation or limited effort
due to poor teaching
rare (in actuality, one in five students have some characteristics)
a condition that can be outgrown
not related to intelligence

Dyslexia is:

common - it affects 10 - 20% of people
a spectrum - there are varying degrees
the inability to recognize sounds in words
trouble matching letters and sounds
can have genetic factors
affects males and females equally
neurological (the brain)
related to other neurological conditions such as: dysgraphia (difficulty encoding); dyscalculia (difficulty understanding numbers); and sometimes ADD/ADHD
Can be treated with the correct interventions, people with Dyslexia can learn to read and write

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Dyslexia and the Brain