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Dyslexia FACTS According to the New England Journal of
Medicine "Developmental
Dyslexia is characterized by an unexpected difficulty in reading for
children and adults who otherwise possess the intelligence,
motivation, and schooling considered necessary for accurate and fluent
reading."
According to the National Institutes of Health
"Dyslexia is a specific
learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is
characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word
recognition, and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. "These
difficulties typically result from a deficit in the phonological
component of language that is often unexpected in relation to other
cognitive abilities and the provision of effective classroom
instruction. Secondary consequences may include problems in reading
comprehension and reduced reading experience that can impede growth of
vocabulary and background knowledge."
Medical
FACTS (Not Fiction!)
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1
out of 5 people suffer from dyslexia (See Yale
Study).
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Only 30% of
dyslexics have difficulty with reversing letters and numbers.
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Dyslexics do
not "see" words backwards. Difficulty with word
reversals are related to issues with sequential working memory.
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Dyslexia
is a specific neurological condition that can be seen on a functional
MRI that shows brain usage patterns (See Yale
Study). Dyslexics have been shown to use
the left and right front portions of their brains to read, while
non-dyslexics use the left front and right back parts of their brains to
read.
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Dyslexia
affects a person's ability read and spell accurately because of memory
and/or phonological awareness deficits and therefore requires cognitive
and phonological therapy to treat.
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Dyslexia is
evenly distributed among all ethnic, social, gender demographics.
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Dyslexia is
equally prevalent in non-English languages.
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Dyslexia,
like hypertension, can vary in severity.
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No
cure for dyslexia is known and it is not outgrown.
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ALL
dyslexics are of average or above average intelligence.
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Dyslexia and
AD/HD are closely related and often mistakenly confused (see AD/HD)
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Dyslexia can
be concurrent with deficits in visual-motor integration, visual
perception, eye-tracking, and working memory.
Academic
FACTS (Not Fiction!)
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Dyslexia
can't be effectively treated using traditional reading or tutoring
programs, which tend to stabilize low reading achievement levels instead
of eliminating them.
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Dyslexia
is not a catchall phrase for all reading or learning disabilities.
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Dyslexia
is NOT simply about reversing letters and numbers, in fact, only a
fraction of dyslexics exhibit this characteristic.
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Dyslexia
does NOT reduce or otherwise affect a person's ability to learn,
comprehend or acquire
knowledge through non-written medias. However, low reading
skills obviously affect a person's ability to achieve where reading is
required.
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80%
of children labeled learning disabled are really dyslexic. (see Specific
LD)
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All but the
most severe dyslexics can learn to read at or above grade level.
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Dyslexia can
affect a persons ability to perform at expected levels even after they
learn to read at grade level due to continued deficits in working
memory, visual perception, and visual-motor integration.
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