Through The Eyes Of The Dyslex

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or seeing letters out of sequence (Shreve 440). Dyslexia is derived from the Latin 'dys' means bad or hard and 'lexia' meaning language. Dyslexia has been defined in several different ways. Some textbooks have inappropriately referred to dyslexia as an inability to read. Dyslexia is more then just a reading disability; it is a language communication disability affecting reading, writing, speaking, and listening. So we can describe dyslexia as a generic word for several different specific learning disabilities. Dyslexia consists of a syndrome of characteristics, which varies in degrees according to the severity and kind of dyslexia that an individual has. Dyslexia is not attributable to a vision or hearing defect. It persists beyond the time when most childhood developmental conditions have matured. There is a difference between retardation, a sub level intelligence, and dyslexia. There is also a difference between illiteracy and a learning disability. Illiteracy can be ...

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it takes to alleviate any type of dyslexia depends on several factors, including the severity of the dyslexia, which can range from severe, to moderate, to mild. This has a great bearing on how long it takes to alleviate the dyslexia. The age of the dyslexic is very important too. If the dyslexic person is older he or she has lived with their failures longer and usually their self-esteem is pretty low. Having dyslexia is frustrating because of its failure-ridden psyche. There is no real miracle drug for treating dyslexia or any other type of learning disability. The drug, Ritalin, commonly used with hyperactive and Attention Deficit children, has been known to help some people with ...

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