In this article I shall discuss the different types of dyslexia or a lifelong learning disability. Different functions are involved in dyslexia such as dysgraphia, auditory dyslexia and visual dyslexia. Dysgraphia When a child finds it extremely difficult to hold his pencil and control the movements of the pencil while writing or drawing, it is called dysgraphia. In this case, putting the correct markings on the paper with the help of a writing tool...
With the release of Aamir Khan’s directorial debut, Taare Zameen Par, which depicted the travails, trials and tribulations of Ishan Awasthi – a dyslexic kid, dyslexia has become a household name in the subcontinent and curiosity about dyslexia is on the rise. In this article, I will discuss the symptoms associated with dyslexia. Dyslexia symptoms All children who suffer from dyslexia will not display the very same symptoms; the symptoms will continue...
The internet is filled with online dyslexia assessment tests, aimed at both kids and adults or they are specifically meant for only kids or only adults where a big questionnaire is given. You have to select the correct answer from the multiple choice question pattern, add up the corresponding points for each answer and on the basis of your total score, you will be able to determine whether your child or the adult in your family is dyslexic or not. Dyslexia...
Let me make it very clear right at the beginning that this life long learning disability called dyslexia cannot be “cured” through medicines or injections like malaria or jaundice or chicken pox. The first and foremost problem is to detect the dyslexic condition which is itself a hurdle. But if your kid suffers from reading and spelling difficulties, he or she should be sent for the numerous online dyslexia assessment tests and if most of the...
Dyslexia is a life long incurable learning disability where the problem usually occurs with the comprehension of reading passages and making out spellings. Reading and spelling are the two great hurdles that a dyslexic kid has to face and cross, but dyslexia isn’t an intellectual disability and can affect any child, regardless of his or her levels of intelligence. There are, of course, different types of dyslexia which I am going to list here. The...
Dyslexia is a learning disability that will stay with a person throughout his/her life because it cannot be cured in that sense. But now that awareness about dyslexia is on the rise and people are becoming more and more conscious about this extremely common learning disability, many children suffering from learning disabilities are being sent for online dyslexia assessment tests and if the results confirm that the kid is indeed suffering from dyslexia,...
A kind of learning disability that is commonly characterized by difficulty in learning or comprehension of written or printed stuff but the symptoms of which vary from one individual to another is called dyslexia.
You would be surprised to know that it isn’t only kids who suffer from dyslexia, but adults as well and the latter is known as adult dyslexia. The problem with dyslexia, a life long learning disability is that, it cannot be “cured through medicine” and if it remains undiagnosed in childhood, an individual will grow up with dyslexia and turn into an adult dyslexic.
The root of the origin of the word dyslexia can be traced back to ancient Greece and it roughly means difficulty in learning or a kind of congenital word blindness.