What is Dyslexia?

Defining Dyslexia

There was very little understanding of Dyslexia before the National Institute of Health began their research in the 1980′s. According to the National Institute of Health, Dyslexia is termed as a learning disability that hinders an individual’s ability to spell, read, write and sometimes even speak. Though Dyslexia has been around for a very long time, it is only recently that there is widespread understanding of this disability. Dyslexic people are recognized to have difficulty in accurately recognizing words and very often have poor spelling and decoding abilities.

What Is Dyslexia

Dyslexia often goes undetected in a child’s early years of schooling. Since children with Dyslexia have trouble reading, this leads to a lot of frustration and anxiety. Children with Dyslexia have an impairment in the brains ability to process the signals it receives from the eyes and ears. The severity of this disability varies from person to person and it is a lifelong disability. It is wise as a parent to be able to understand Dyslexia and be able to recognize Dyslexia so that you can begin to treatment as early as you can.

If Dyslexia goes undetected in a child then you will have a situation where the child becomes more and more frustrated at the difficulty in learning to write and read. School work will suffer leading to other issues especially disciplinary and behavior issues cropping up.

Dyslexic people are very creative and intuitive and are very good at hands on learning. There are treatment/study options that can be used to bring up a dyslexic child up to an average level for their age. It is important to give the proper help to a dyslexic child to ensure they succeed in school. It is also important to note that a dyslexic child will often be very talented in other areas. It is crucial to develop those talents and skills thereby raising self esteem and confidence in the child. Creativity, artistic, good physical abilities are some of the traits that a dyslexic child is blessed with.

Finally it is important to note that Dyslexia is not a disease to be cured. It is a disability that needs special attention.

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