Dyslexia - A Learning Disorder NOT a Disease

Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that primarily affects a person’s ability to read, write, and spell. It is neurobiological in origin and is not related to intelligence.

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2. Can you recognize the movie? What disease did Ishaan have?

3. In 1877, the reading and spelling difficulties, characteristics of dyslexia , were first identified by Adolph Kussmaul. Dyslexia

4. What does a dyslexic person actually see?

5. Symptoms: Signs of dyslexia can be difficult to recognize before a child enters school but some early clues may indicate a problem. Before School L ate talking Learning new words slowly Problem forming and remembering words Difficulty learning nursery rhymes School age Reading well below the expected level for age Problem understanding what heard Difficulty spelling Difficulty seeing (and occasionally hearing) similarities and differences in letters and words

6. Teens and adults Dyslexia signs in teens and adults are a lot like those in children Difficulty reading, including reading aloud Spending an unusually long time completing tasks that involve reading or writing Difficulty summarizing a story Causes : Results from individual differences in parts of brain that enable reading Runs in families Can be developed due to a traumatic brain injury

7. Types of dyslexia: Phonological dyslexia Difficulty learning sounds made by letters/ combination of letters Ex: uhm, aah, oh Difficulty recognizing familiar words Ex: chess, chase, cheese, choose, chose Rapid naming dyslexia Slow to respond orally Making up nonsense words in place of real words Using gestures in place of words Double deficit Poor naming speed rate when asked to recall words Surface dyslexia Difficulty with whole word recognition Difficulty reading new words by sight Avoiding reading activities Visual dyslexia Text appearing blurred Difficulty tracking across lines of text Headaches or eyestrain associated with reading

8. Treatment Training or tutoring to help improve reading skills How to help people suffering from dyslexia? Be patient with them Supporting their learning speed

9. Can trauma cause dyslexia? Yes, trauma – both physical and emotional Can you outgrow dyslexia? No, however early treatment can help you to live with it less problematically Does dyslexia affect speech too or just reading abilities? Both, in fact, one of the first signs of dyslexia in children is delayed speech What deficiency causes dyslexia? Zinc, magnesium, vitamin B12, vitamin D Frequently Asked Questions about Dyslexia

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