Dyslexia is a language-based learning disability that is neurobiological in nature and typically unexpected due to an individual's intelligence. While each profile of a dyslexic learner may be different, there are specific characteristics which many people with dyslexia share. Among these are difficulties with reading including, decoding, or sounding out words, writing, spelling, and handwriting. Struggles with decoding can ultimately interfere with comprehension. People with dyslexia may have had delayed speech or difficulty with word retrieval. They may also have trouble learning a foreign language and general disorganization with the spoken and written word. Despite common perceptions, dyslexia is NOT seeing numbers and letters backwards. Some people with dyslexia do reverse b, d, p, and q, but this is due to the area of the brain responsible for mirror invariance. Mirror invariance is the ability to recognize a mirror image as the same image. A chair is a chair if it's facing left or facing right. However, when learning to read, one must be able to discriminate and distinguish individual letters such as b and d. In young children, reversals are typical until about age seven as they are not yet proficient in this skill. When children with dyslexia continue to reverse, the part of their brains responsible for mirror invariance just may not be developed as of yet. In short, some people with dyslexia have trouble with reversals, and some do not.
Dyslexia is inheritable with some studies citing a 40% - 60% chance of a child inheriting dyslexia from a parent or close relative. Dyslexia is the most common of learning disabilities, and current research suggests 1 in 5 people are dyslexic. While it is true dyslexia can make it difficult to learn, dyslexia is also responsible for many incredible gifts and talents. Among their many contributions, people with dyslexia can be highly intuitive, creative, visual, multidimensional, out-of-the-box thinkers, imaginative, and curious, just to name a few. Some famous people with dyslexia include Pablo Picasso, Richard Branson, Henry Winkler, Steven Spielberg, Anne Bancroft, Mohammed Ali, Walt Disney, Whoopi Goldberg and John Lennon.
Dyslexia is inheritable with some studies citing a 40% - 60% chance of a child inheriting dyslexia from a parent or close relative. Dyslexia is the most common of learning disabilities, and current research suggests 1 in 5 people are dyslexic. While it is true dyslexia can make it difficult to learn, dyslexia is also responsible for many incredible gifts and talents. Among their many contributions, people with dyslexia can be highly intuitive, creative, visual, multidimensional, out-of-the-box thinkers, imaginative, and curious, just to name a few. Some famous people with dyslexia include Pablo Picasso, Richard Branson, Henry Winkler, Steven Spielberg, Anne Bancroft, Mohammed Ali, Walt Disney, Whoopi Goldberg and John Lennon.