What
is Dyslexia?
People with Dyslexia might find these things difficult:
- Order the letter of words
- Putting letters the correct way
- Spellings
- Carrying out directions
- Planning and organisation
What causes Dyslexia?
- Children and adults of all intellectual abilities can be affected by dyslexia.
- The exact cause of dyslexia is unknown, but it often appears to run in families.
- It's thought certain genes inherited from your parents may act together in a way that affects how some parts of the brain develop during early life.
What else is special about people with Dyslexia?
- The ability to see how things connect to form complex systems.
- They can identify similarities among multiple things.
- They are more curious than average.
- They are highly intuitive and insightful.
- They have vivid imaginations.
Here are some highly successful people with Dyslexia:
- Tom Cruise (Actor)
- Walt Disney
- Albert Einstein (Physicists)
- Keira Knightly (Actress)
- Holly Willoughby (TV Presenter)
Who can I contact? Where can I get more information?
2. British Dyslexic Association
3. Facebook support group for parents with dyslexic children