Dyslexia info
The word dyslexia is derived from the Greek "dys" (difficult or bad) and "lexis" (speech or language) and is loosely applied to a style of processing information which leads to problems in learning to read and write (dysgraphia) through traditional teaching methods. Dyslectic children are often described as having Learning Differences (LD). The causes of dyslexia are unknown. It is a lifelong condition with no cure, although it can be helped. Language and reading difficulties in one form or another are shared by tens of millions of North Americans, including 5 million Canadians.

Eleanor Milne has stated publicly that she is dyslectic. She explains that she has the ability to see objects multidimensionally all at once, to visualize and formulate concepts non-verbally and translate them into her art. The downside of this talent, however, is that as a child she had difficulty learning to read because she does not apprehend the printed page as letters following each other from left to right from the top of the page to the bottom, or as phonetic units, or as words in linear sequence.

As well as reading and writing, dyslexia can affect auditory comprehension, speech acquisition, handwriting, spelling and/or recognition of symbolic representation in arithmetic. Some people with dyslexia habitually reverse numbers or have poor hand-eye coordination. Some may confuse right and left or today and tomorrow. They may find it difficult to distinguish differences in words with the same letters such as NO and ON. Some others have none of the above symptoms but a whole constellation of others.

The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine Health Guide website states: It is very important that a reading developmental disorder be diagnosed early, so that a child can receive assistance before he or she becomes overly frustrated by repeated academic failures. Before a diagnosis of dyslexia is made, a child should be examined to determine whether the reading difficulties are caused by visual, hearing, psychological, or neurological disorders.

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Dyslexia by Sally E. Shaywitz from 1996 Scientific American.

The International Dyslexia Association (IDA) (formerly The Orton Dyslexia Society) Established nearly 50 years ago as a nonprofit organization, it offers links to private, commercial programs.

Child Development Institute Dyslexia Information from the website of psychologist Robert Myers, creator of the Phonics Game.

Dyslexia, the Gift provided by the private, commercial Davis Dyslexia Correction Center. Site updated regularly. Q&A.

Auditory stimulation/Auditory laterality theories of Alfred A. Tomatis.

Dyslexia links assembled by Jim Hurley, a California web page designer and graphic artist.

The Dyslexia Center students' descriptions of their own experiences of dyslexia.

Teens Helping Teens A Web page designed by dyslectic teens to help teens.

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