DYSLEXIA

What is Dyslexia?

Dyslexia is an impairment focused at the part of the brain that processes letters and symbols, and makes it more challenging to read, spell, and write.

AFFECTS OF DYSLEXIA

• Aside from affecting the ability to read, write, and spell dyslexia doesn’t affect the ability to learn and receive information.

TREATMENTS?

• There are treatments for dyslexia. Most treatments include therapies or special education classes. Most therapy sessions consist of the person learning to read or write by using all of their senses. Like, listening to a recorded class, reading aloud, and writing with their finger.

CURE?

• There is no known cure for dyslexia. Dyslexia is linked through genes, so it is most commonly carried through parents to kids. But therapies and treatments are still very helpful, and will help improve reading, writing, and spelling.

DYSLEXIA HISTORY

• Dyslexia was first named round 1878 by Adolph Kussmaul, a German neurologist. He noticed reading impairments in some of his patients, and decided to call it “word blindness”. Later in 1887, German ophthalmologist, Rudolph Berlin renamed it Dyslexia after the Greek meaning “ difficulty with words”.

AFFECTING OTHERS

• Dyslexia doesn’t really affect the ones around the person that has dyslexia, but if a parent has dyslexia their child is 50% more likely to have dyslexia, unless both parents have dyslexia then the child will more likely 100% to have dyslexia.

CELEBRITIES WITH DYSLEXIA

• Steven Spielberg
• Albert Einstein
• Tom Cruise

CITES

• https://www.webmd.com/children/understanding-dyslexia-basics
• https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dyslexia/diagnosis-treatment...
• www.dyslexia-aware.com/dawn/history-of-dyslexia

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