Dyslexia has been little understood or noted for most of recorded history. Almost all of the recorded history of dyslexia has been 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.
Those who went through grade school more than 15 years ago almost all bear the scars of being hammered into molds that did not fit. They were ridiculed for their differences, looked at as retarded (which most are definitely not!), slow learners, etc. They were embarrassed and learn to hide their differences.
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.
Dyslexia characteristics include difficulties in going from the written form to the spoken form of words. Dyslexics may have problems with getting the appropriate sounds out of a new word just by looking at it (especially in English!). They may have problems is reading, especially reading aloud.
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 – Horace Dylan
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