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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION The word ‘dyslexia’ comes from the Greek ‘dys-‘meaning difficulty with, and ‘-lexia’, meaning words or language. The discovery of Dyslexia which is a learning difficulty comes from the Greek word meaning “poor with words,” “poor reading,” or “a disturbance of the ability to read.” Dyslexia is characterized by difficulty with learning to read fluently and with accurate comprehension despite normal intelligence. This includes difficulty with phonological awareness, phonological decoding, processing speed, orthographic coding, auditory short-term memory, language skills/verbal comprehension and difficulty in muscle motor movements. There are three evaluation strategies of Dyslexia they are:
Visual
Auditory
Kinesthetic
The below picture shows the ten variants of the word tea pot written by dyslexics: Some people with dyslexia have problems with their muscle movements. So that the children have difficulty in fine and gross motor movements. They found it hard to have co-ordination between their muscle movements and thoughts. Although people with Dyslexia have a unique brain structure and “unusual writing” make reading, writing, and spelling difficult, most people with dyslexia have gifts that are controlled by the right side of the brain. These kinds of people are also often gifted in the area of math. Because of their three-dimensional visualization skills it helps them to see math concepts more quickly and clearly than people that are non-dyslexic. There are different classifications in dyslexia namely
1. Visual dyslexia
2. Auditory dyslexia
3. Kinesthetic
Kinesthetic dyslexia:
Kinesthetic can be described as the form of learning that involves hands on experience. It is a learning style in which learning takes place by the student carrying out a physical activity, rather than listening to a lecture or watching a demonstration. In simple

References: [6] Nass R, et al. (2002). Specific syndromes of cognitive disorders. In http://www.childrensvision.com/dyslexia.htm