04/08/13
Dyslexia Dyslexia is a learning problem some kids and adults have. It can hinder reading, writing, spelling and sometimes speaking. As with other learning disabilities, dyslexia is a lifelong challenge that people are born with. Dyslexia is not a sign of poor intelligence, laziness or impaired vision. Children and adults with dyslexia simply have a neurological disorder that causes their brains to process and interpret information differently than others. Percentages of children at risk for reading failure are much higher in high poverty, language-minority populations who attend ineffective schools. I am going to talk about the symptoms of dyslexia, the complications, and how to treat dyslexia. Dyslexia symptoms can be difficult to recognize before children enters school, but there are some early indications. Once your child reaches school age, the teacher probably will be the first to notice a problem. The condition really becomes apparent as a child begins learning to read and can progress in adulthood. Symptoms for dyslexia vary from before the child enters school to adulthood. Symptoms before the child enters school include late talking, learning new words slowly, and difficulty rhyming. Once the child is in school, the symptoms and signs become more clear and apparent. Some symptoms include reading at a level well below than expected, problems with processing and understanding what he or she hears, difficulty comprehending rapid instructions, trouble following more than one command at a time, difficulty seeing (and occasionally hearing) similarities and differences in letters and words, seeing letters or words in reverse ( for example getting "b" mixed up for "d" or "saw" mixed up for "was”), and difficulty spelling. Dyslexia symptoms in teens and adults are similar to those in children but some a different. The symptoms in teens and adults include trouble understanding jokes or idioms, reading aloud, difficulty with time