Problem
Dyslexia
Other Names:
Reading disorder Nature:
Dyslexia is a learning disorder arising from abnormality in the part of the brain that organizes written information. Dyslexics have difficulties in reading and writing. The disability may include words and not letters, figures and not letters, and so on. Symptoms include skipping words or lines when reading or writing, changing or reversing letter or number sequences, dizziness when looking at words, and daydreaming. Dyslexic children may be gifted in other areas; for example, they learn to walk earlier than non-dyslexics.
Incidence:
Five to 15% of children have some form of dyslexia.
Broader Problems:
Mental illness Learning disordersReading disabilities Related Problems:
AlexiaLanguage disorders Aggravates:
Mental depression in children Strategies:
Overcoming dyslexia Values:
Disorder Organizations:
European Dyslexia Association - International Organisation for Specific Learning Disabilities References:
Colheart, M; Marshall, J C and Patterson, K: Deep DyslexiaEvans, Martha M: Dyslexia: an annotated bibliographyMalatesha, R N and Whitaker, Harry A: Dyslexia: a global issuePowills, Leo I: Dyslexia: subject, reference and research guidebookGilroy, E and Miles, T R: Dyslexia at CollegeYoung, Peter and Tyre, Colin: Dyslexia or Illiteracy ?: realizing the right to read Web Page(s):
International Dyslexia AssociationThe Dyslexia Foundation
Learning Ally
Learning Disabilities Association of America: Dyslexia
Headstrong Nation: List of Dyslexia and other Related LD Resources
Dyslexia My Life
American Dyslexia Association
Dyslexia Resource Trust
European Dyslexia Association
Subject(s):
Education → Educational contentHealth Care → Mental health
Medicine → Pathology
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
18.04.2019 – 10:28 CEST