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Dyslexia

Dyslexia involves difficulty reading due to problems like recognizing, speech, and sounds, and understanding how they relate to letters and words (decoding). Also called a reading disability.

Though there’s no remedy for dyslexia, early examination and intervention result in the best outcome.

Signs indicating dyslexia

Signs of dyslexia usually become noticeable when a youth starts school and begins to concentrate more on learning how to read and write.

An individual with dyslexia may:

  • Read and write very slow
  • Baffle the order of letters in words
  • Be mistaken by letters that look similar and write letters the false way round (such as “b” and “d”)
  • Have poor or varying spelling
  • Comprehend information when told verbally, but experience difficulty with information when written down
  • Discover it hard to carry out a sequence of directions
  • Stumble with planning and organization

People with dyslexia often have good skills in other areas, such as innovative thinking and problem decoding.

Signs indicating dyslexia

Reason for dyslexia 

No correlation exists between dyslexia and general intelligence. Dyslexia can affect people of all intellectual abilities, including kids and adults.

Although the precise cause of dyslexia is uncertain, it frequently seems to run in families.

Specific genes you get from your parents may interact in a way that influences how some sections of the brain develop in adolescence.

Complications

Dyslexia can lead to several problems, including:

  • Trouble understanding. Reading is a skill fundamental to most subjects, a child with dyslexia is in disfavor; it can lead to having trouble keeping up with coequals
  • Social problems. Dyslexia may show low self-esteem, behavior issues, anxiety, attack, and withdrawal from society
  • Concerns as adults. The incapacity to read and understand can prevent children from achieving their potential as they grow up. It can have adverse long-term educational, social, and economic impacts

Minors who have dyslexia are at raised risk of having attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Helping people with dyslexia

If your kid goes through dyslexia, they’ll likely need extra educational support from their school.

With proper support, there’s no reason your child can’t go to a mainstream school.

Methods and support that may help include:

  • Periodic 1-to-1 teaching or learning classes in a small group under a specialist teacher
  • Phonics combined with other procedures
  • Technology like computers and speech-recognition software make it more comfortable for your child to read and write

Schools and colleges must offer support to students with dyslexia.

Employers must make appropriate workplace adjustments for working adults to aid people with dyslexia, such as permitting extra time for specific tasks.

Reviewed by – Dr. Priyanka, MBBS MD Microbiology
Page last reviewed: 16 JULY 2022