Dyslexia Symptoms

Signs and symptoms
... Dyslexia can be difficult to recognize before your child enters school, but some early clues may indicate a problem. If your young child begins talking late, adds new words slowly and has difficulty r...

Causes
... A learning disability is a condition that produces a gap between someone''s ability and his or her performance. Most people with dyslexia are of average or above-average intelligence, but read at leve...

Dyslexia Treatment

Complications
... Your child''s inability to read well may not affect achievement in other school subjects, such as arithmetic. However, because reading is a skill basic to most other school subjects, a child who has d...

Treatment
... There''s no known way to correct the underlying brain malfunction that causes dyslexia. Treatment is by remedial education. Psychological testing will help your child''s teachers develop a suitable re...

Dyslexia Support

Coping skills
... Emotional support and opportunities for achievement in activities that don''t involve reading are important for children with dyslexia. If your child has dyslexia: Be supportive. Having difficulty lea...

Dyslexia Other

Dyslexia
... What is Dyslexia? Dyslexia is a brain-based type of learning disability that specifically impairs a person’s ability to read. These individuals typically read at levels significantly lower than expect...

Overview
... Dyslexia is an impairment in your brain''s ability to translate written images received from your eyes into meaningful language. Also called specific reading disability, dyslexia is the most common le...