What Is Dyslexia

The International Dyslexia Association defines dyslexia as

“Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is neurobiological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities." (GSpeech)

Dyslexia is one of the more common learning disabilities. 

1 in 5 students will have dyslexia.

Characteristics 

• Problems in learning the names of the letters of the alphabet

• Difficulty in learning to read.

• Difficulty in learning to write the alphabet correctly in sequence

• Reversal of letters or sequences of letters/numbers Cramped or illegible handwriting

• Repeated erratic spelling errors

• Ability to learn to spell a “list” of words sufficiently to “pass” a weekly test, but may be unable to spell any of the words the next week

Myths

• Read words backwards or upside down. 
• You can’t outgrow dyslexia
• There is no cure
• Not gendered specific
• Not a vision problem

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Resources 

GSpeech, By. "Definition of Dyslexia." International Dyslexia Association. International Dyslexia Association, n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2016. <https://dyslexiaida.org/definition-of-dyslexia/>

"How to Help Kids Set People Straight About Dyslexia * The Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity." How to Help Kids Set People Straight About Dyslexia * The Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity. The Yale Center For Dyslexia & Creativity, n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2016. <http://dyslexia.yale.edu/EDU_dyslexiastraighttalk.html>.

"Dyslexia Q&A." Round Rock ISD. Round Rock ISD, n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2016. <https://roundrockisd.org/departments/state-and-federal-programs/dyslexia/dyslexia-qa/>.