| Dyslexia is a neurological learning disability. The word | | | | word-by-word rhythm. |
| dyslexia is of Greek origin, with the first three letters | | | | 7. Dyslexia causes difficulties for people to rhyme |
| (DYS) meaning "bad", "hard" or "difficult", the middle | | | | words or to list words with the same sound. |
| three letters (LEX) means "words." | | | | 8. Viewing the letters is not always the problem - |
| People with dyslexia find it difficult to recognise letters | | | | sometimes its making the sounds of the letters |
| and numbers. Dyslexia is a common learning disability | | | | therefore learning to spell is difficult. |
| where People find it difficult to read and write. Images | | | | 9. Unable or struggling to connect the sounds of the |
| from their eyes and the thing they may hear get | | | | letters to the written letter and understand them. |
| turned around by the time it reaches the brain. Due to | | | | 10. Dyslexia causes difficulties for people to decode |
| this, mathematics, especially the algebraic forms, are | | | | "new" words. |
| an extremely difficult challenge. People with dyslexia | | | | 11. Able to connect the letters and say the word, but |
| are mislabeled as 'lazy' because of their lack of | | | | unable to recognize their meaning. Every time that |
| performance academically, however, a large | | | | word is seen it is as if it is for the first time. |
| percentage of dyslexics have an above average IQ! | | | | 12. Able to read the words OK but cannot make |
| Symptoms of dyslexia: | | | | sense or understand what is being said in the |
| A person with dyslexia might: | | | | paragraph, very often the paragraph is re-read many |
| 1. Be late in recognizing the formation of letters and | | | | times to get an understanding. |
| letter combinations | | | | 13. A person could read extremely well - its just that |
| 2. The Letters on a page might be seen as | | | | when they read they feel ill or have a headache in |
| backwards or upside down, the word "bird" could | | | | extreme cases they could even be physically sick |
| appear as "drib" or all the words appear all bunched | | | | when they read. All of the above makes reading less |
| together. | | | | pleasant and dyslexia people are reluctant to read. |
| 3. The Letter may also appear to move or jump | | | | If somebody shows one of more of these symptoms |
| around the page | | | | it Does Not Mean they are definitely dyslexic. A |
| 4. Similar shaped letters like "o" "e" and "c" are | | | | thorough evaluation is always required to determine if |
| confused. | | | | somebody has dyslexia. Famous Dyslexia (Dislexia) |
| 5. Similar shaped and orientations letters like "b" "d" and | | | | People: Tom Cruise, Robin Williams, Albert Einstein, |
| "p" are confused. | | | | Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell are just a |
| 6. Learning to read is slow and is done by a | | | | few famous people who live or lived with dyslexia. |