Dyslexia

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Some symptoms of Dyslexia include rotating or mirroring letters, as well as reversing the order or the letters
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What is it like to be Dyslexic? Here is a video of the learning disability shown from a child's perspective



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Symptoms of Dyslexia Include:
  • reading very slowly, or very quickly with inaccuracy
  • spelling poorly
  • writing poorly
  • mixing up similar words
  • reading and writing may exhibit repetition, omission, substitution, and addition in letters, numbers, or words
  • reading with little-to-no comprehension
  • learning best through hands-on approach and through visual representation
  • struggling with telling, managing, and being on time
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Dyslexia is a neurological language-based learning disorder which interferes with the acquisition and processing of language. This learning disability is manifested by difficulties in receptive and expressive language, including phonological processing, in reading, writing, spelling, handwriting, and sometimes in arithmetic.

Research shows that Dyslexia is hereditary, and that if one parent has this learning disability, then the probability of his or her child having it is 50%. The probability increases to 80% when both parents have the disability.

Dyslexia occurs in people with above average intelligence, as well as people of average intelligence, and is often diagnosed if no other problems with reading and writing can be identified.

Dyslexia may often be detected in children when they are asked to read aloud. As children with dyslexia  read aloud, they may read much faster or slower than the average reader. In the case where the child reads faster, typically he or she is guessing the words while making several mistakes. In the case where the child reads slower, typically he or she is attempting to spell out each individual word, which takes away from the overall reading expression. In both cases, the child is comprehending little-to-none of what he or she is reading.

​It is important to note that though Dyslexia may present itself similarly, the symptoms and severity vary from person to person and is usually not identical.
Dyslexia is far more common than we think. Here are of some famous celebrities and artists who have Dyslexia


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Henry Winkler talks about what it is like living with Dyslexia


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Henry Winkler, a spokesperson for Dyslexia, reads from his book Here's Hank: The Soggy Foggy Campout


​Dyslexie Font


​Dyslexie Font is a typeface created by Christian Boer, a person who has Dyslexia, to make reading more accessible for his learning disability. The following are nine characteristics of this program that make reading more accessible for people with Dyslexia:
  1. Heavy (thicker) bottom​ of letters
  2. Slanted parts of letters for those that look similar
  3. Bigger openings​
  4. Slanted letters for those that look similar
  5. Longer ascender and descender of letters
  6. Bold capitals to keep sentences from running into one another
  7. Different heights for letters that have similar characteristics
  8. Higher X axis
  9. Better spacing between letters and words
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Christian Boer, the creator of Dyslexie Font, gives a TEDx talk about the program


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So what does Dyslexie Font actually look like?


Jessica Collins explains Dyslexia, and presents new research on the learning disability

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Dyslexic children and adults can become avid and enthusiastic readers when given learning tools that fit their creative learning style.
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