Dyslexia: What is it?
Dyslexia: What is it? Is it possible to define something that no expert in the world has yet to define? Some would say no but, dyslexia, and the area of its disease, has made this possible. It is upon this idea that dyslexia has multiple meanings and symptoms to many people, and that is the reason it has yet to be truly defined. There are many people in the world that have succomed to dyslexia and its difficulties and prevailed. Dyslexia can affect anyone and everyone and sometimes may not show until later in life. The ways in which the disease affects the person, how dyslexia is developed, and how you help someone with dyslexia are the most important areas within the field of its study. Whether it is based on the belief that someone is born with dyslexia or that they develop the disease over time, dyslexia is a very important issue to take notice of and to learn about. Interestingly enough, one of the main reasons that dyslexia has yet to be defined is because there are many different symptoms and different ways in which it affects each person. According to Magills Medical Guide, dyslexia is a “. . . complex syndrome composed of a large number of associated behavioral dysfunctions that are related to visual-motor brain immaturity and/or brain dysfunction” (Magills 238). The medical guide also states that many of the symptoms include, poor memory of detail, easy distractibility, poor motor skills, visual letter and word reversal, and the inability to distinguish between important elements of the spoken language (Magills 238). One of the most interesting things about this disease is that someone can take notice of observations often seen in connection with dyslexia.
These observations are:
Boys are affected with dyslexia about four times more often than girls.
Many dyslexics have confusion about which hand is dominant (right- handed versus left- handed)
Many dyslexics have close relatives who also have reading problems.
Many dyslexics have time-space
These observations are:
Boys are affected with dyslexia about four times more often than girls.
Many dyslexics have confusion about which hand is dominant (right- handed versus left- handed)
Many dyslexics have close relatives who also have reading problems.
Many dyslexics have time-space
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