Dyslexi A Specific Neurological Learning Disability

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines dyslexia as a disorder in the brain that makes it difficult for an individual to write, read, and spell. People who have been diagnosed with the learning disability are often thought to be “lazy, dumb, careless, ‘not trying hard enough,’ or [have] behavior problems” according to Ronald D. Davis, founder of the Davis Dyslexia Correction Center.

In chapter four "David Boise", of the book David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, And the Arts of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell talks about the issue of dyslexia and how it impacts people diagnosed with it. Gladwell states that "dyslexia is a problem in the way the words are seen," and is a "problem in the way people hear and manipulate sounds” (100-101). Making it difficult for dyslexics to read and comprehended the difference between different sounds. That would otherwise be very evident to a healthy person, but that's not the only problem that affects them. If you're, dyslexic "It may take you a while to learn to read.

A. Dyslexia is defined as a learning disability marked by impairment of the ability to read. In essence, it is a disability in which people jumble letters; for example, confusing God with dog or box with pox.

The most recent definition of Dyslexia was published in the DSM-52 as a specific learning disorder; ‘a pattern of difficulties characterised by problems with accurate or fluent word recognition, poor decoding and poor spelling abilities. Dyslexia is understood to be a genetic disorder as many family risk studies on dyslexia have proven3; there is a 50% risk that a child will develop reading difficulties if they have a parent with dyslexia.

Phonological Dyslexia is the type of dyslexia that hinders one's ability to identify basic sounds and causes them to lose phonemic awareness, or the ability to identify and manipulate individual phonemes in words (Desroches et. al, 2005). Research has also revealed a range of impairments and problems in other domains. This includes impairments in visual processing, auditory processing, working memory, oral language and motor functioning (Lum et. al, 2013).

Dyslexia is a learning disability that many children have but are misunderstood until they have actually been diagnosed with the learning disability. Dyslexia does not mean that children are not smart; it just means that they learn different. This is why it is sometimes for parents to understand why their children are not doing well in school and struggle sometimes with a simple task of reading a book. My book report is about a 280 page book called “Can’t Rad, Can’t Write, Can’t Talk Too Good Either: How to Recognize and Overcome Dyslexia in Your Child.” In the book “Can’t Rad, Can’t Write, Can’t Talk Too Good Either: How to Recognize and Overcome Dyslexia in Your Child,” the

Dyslexia is a lifelong struggle with constant challenges with reading and speaking. About five to ten percent of the United States population deals with the learning disorder dyslexia (Van den Honert, n.d.). It is a neurological condition that is mainly caused by genetics but there are some rare cases in which it is acquired. Dyslexia interrupts the normal processes of reading and speaking (Van den Honert, n.d.). All of which are used in daily life and this makes life and school so much harder for dyslexics. They must learn to live with the condition for their entire life and there is not really a treatment for it. With the constant struggle and reminder of their

According to Gavin Reid in his book Dyslexia A Practitioner’s Handbook, ¬dyslexia is a “specific disability that is characterized by difficulties with learning to read, write, and spell.”

According to The International Dyslexia Association, the impact that dyslexia has is different for each person and depends on the severity of the condition and the approaches of the remediation. The

Dyslexia is a language-based learning disability. Although it is a language based disorder, it can affect math, but only if the dyslexic sees the numbers differently on a paper. Dyslexia is often found with other learning differences, such as ADHD and Executive Functioning, which are two learning differences that affect your memory, and your concentration in class. Although dyslexia is a learning disorder, over many years people have shifted from calling dyslexia a learning disorder, to a learning difference. This has happened because, although dyslexia does affect the way you learn, it does not prevent you from doing anything.

Dyslexia (one of the most common types of learning disabilities), tends to be confused with a lot with other learning disabilities. Dyslexia makes it hard for a child to read because of how they see and understand written words. Children who have dyslexia mix up letters, have a hard time with speed, and struggle with fluency. Similarly, Dysgraphia is a learning disability that affects one’s writing, spelling, and comprehension. Dysgraphia makes it hard to organize sentences and words, comprehend organization, and to copy letters and words accurately. Dysgraphia is commonly found with dyslexia.

There are many different types of learning disabilities; the most common ones are dyslexia and attention deficit disorder. (Jerome Rosner. –third ed. 1)

Today, there is a momentum towards researching the possible hereditary influences of developmental dyslexia. As recently as 2013, The Oxford Dictionary of Social Work and Social Care considers that there is an “inherited component” to dyslexia. (Harris & White, 2013, p. 179) Today’s social work perspective is more flexible with the term itself, as it is considered by to incorporate a range of difficulties with lexical information-processing. However, The Oxford Dictionary does not provide a context for these “difficulties” as they are experienced by the language-learner, and therefore seems to support (perhaps unwittingly) the notion that there is a so-called “normal” way for a person to learn language. Blachman (2013) advances a more orthographical conceptualization of dyslexia, whereby the dyslexic language learner defies common literacy principles in favor of their own. These tend to be more visually-oriented, so that a picture or a feeling is associated with an entire word, as opposed to the sound-to-syllable associations learners are “supposed” to

The brain is a interesting thing, The brain works differently comparing to people with dyslexia and people that don’t. There is two parts of the brain; the left side and the right side. Each are quite different, the left side is the logical side it gives you common sense. The right side is more creative side it gives you imagination and creativity. The right side of the brain wants to have some fun in life so it kind of tries to over take the left side of the brain. This creates problems with spelling and reading. Due to the effects that dyslexia

Of the three previously mentioned diseases, Dyslexia impairs a person’s ability to read, write, and spell (NINDS 2003). Although they are of normal intelligence, their reading level is below average. They will usually have “trouble with phonological processing (the manipulation of sounds) and/or rapid visual-verbal responding.” (NINDS 2003). Children with dyslexia complain they cannot read their textbooks, do not have enough time to finish tests, cannot take notes, and are unable to read their own handwriting (GVSU 2000). Dyslexia does not affect every person the same way, and signs of the disorder may not be prevalent until later, when grammar and more in-depth writing skills are introduced. Dyslexia can also create a difficulty in processing vocabulary and thoughts correctly when speaking, and understanding what one says when they are spoken to. Dysgraphia is another neurological disorder that focuses on writing. When a child with this disorder is first introduced to writing, they will make unnecessary spaces between their letters, and some letters will be