Dyslexia affects as many as 17% of all schoolchildren.
So what is Dyslexia?
Dyslexia is a learning disability that affects learners ability to decode words. Dyslexic children take longer to process phonemic information. They also have trouble rhyming and breaking down words into syllables. These difficulties can affect spelling and reading.
What causes Dyslexia?
Dyslexia is caused when the brain utilizes the wrong parts of the brain for reading. This makes decoding words take much longer than non-dyslexic peers. Dyslexia is a genetic disorder, and, therefore, it is sometimes inherited. Dyslexia is an auditory processing problem, and although some dyslexics might have bad vision there is no link between vision and dyslexia. Dyslexic children and adults can take minutes to read a short sentence, spelling is also frequently affected.
Dyslexia is a learning disability that affects learners ability to decode words. Dyslexic children take longer to process phonemic information. They also have trouble rhyming and breaking down words into syllables. These difficulties can affect spelling and reading.
What causes Dyslexia?
Dyslexia is caused when the brain utilizes the wrong parts of the brain for reading. This makes decoding words take much longer than non-dyslexic peers. Dyslexia is a genetic disorder, and, therefore, it is sometimes inherited. Dyslexia is an auditory processing problem, and although some dyslexics might have bad vision there is no link between vision and dyslexia. Dyslexic children and adults can take minutes to read a short sentence, spelling is also frequently affected.