Here's the Straight Story on Dyslexia

The history of dyslexia has been one of long struggle in the dark, followed by rapid and considerable progress in the last 25 years.

Dyslexics see things differently. Their eyes are the same as those of non-dyslexics, but their brains interpret the signals differently. Because of this they learn differently and need to be taught in the way they learn, not in the traditional mold.

Now, for roughly the last 15 years school-age kids are screened for dyslexia. Those screened out went through full-blown dyslexia testing and were then taught according to the way they needed to be taught.

Before that dyslexics were lumped in with the rest of the students and had to take their chances. Most were treated badly by the educational system, called lazy, slow learners, underachievers. They were made to feel ashamed of and embarrassed by their differences and learned to conceal them.

Today there are millions of dyslexic adults still struggling to deal with the world through a dyslexic lens, not realizing that dylexia is their problem and a simple dyslexia test could set them on the road to life-changing improvements.

There are a large number of different types of dyslexia to deal with. There is no standard definition, no real, workable way to sort them out into types and put them into nice, neat categories. Each one is different and needs to be evaluated and taught accordingly.

Different dyslexia characteristics may include difficulties in spelling, difficulties in reading aloud (inability to guess the pronunciation of a new word from the way it is spelled), trouble in making sense out of a given piece of written text. Dyslexia is a many-headed beast and can cause a variety of problems.

There is more information on the subject of dyslexia you can see by clicking on any of the links in this blog posting.

Courtesy of - Jonathan Rushing