Dyslexia Learning Disability is one type of learning disability that affects a number of children and teenagers. Read more about Dyslexia and how it can affect your child or teens educational efforts. Dyslexia means poor language. Find out more…
A learning disability - also called a learning disorder or a learning difference - is an issue that affects how a person understands, remembers, and/or reacts to new information. Another way of putting this is that they may have problems with getting information to their brains, processing that information, or communicating about that information. Because these three activities are at the heart of learning, a learning disability can profoundly affect a child’s educational efforts. Learning disabilities are defined in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Dyslexia means “poor language,” and dyslexia is a particular type of learning disability. Although the way that dyslexia is described may lead to the idea that it is related to visual impairment, the origins are actually neurological. The neurological origins mean that dyslexia is a persistent issue and one that does not improve on its own. And although it is referred to as a singular issue, dyslexia actually represents a group of related symptoms that result in language issues, primarily in reading, although writing, speaking, and spelling may also be impacted. This article provides an overview of the learning disability called dyslexia.
A person who has dyslexia may have language problems having to do with decoding words, accuracy in word recognition, reading fluently, and spelling. A person with dyslexia could be highly intelligent, but the learning disability might likely keep him or her from operating to his or her full capacity. Read the rest of this entry »