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Dyslexia
How Common is Dyslexia?
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Dyslexia is the most common learning disability.
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As many as 17% of U.S. schoolchildren have dyslexia
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As many as 85% of students with learning disabilities have dyslexia alone or with other conditions.
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Roughly 1/3 of students with ADHD also have dyslexia
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Dyslexia can occur with no family history, but 40% of people with dyslexia will have a sibling, child, or parent with the same challenges.
What is Dyslexia?
Dyslexia causes difficulty with reading, spelling, writing and even speaking.
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Dyslexia is often confused with other learning and attention issues that cause similar difficulties.
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Dyslexia shares characteristics with dysgraphia, but they're not the same thing.
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Characteristics:
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Difficulty associating sounds with letters and letters with sounds.
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Confusion when pronouncing words and phrases, such as saying "man lower" instead of "lawn mower."
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Difficulty reading with proper tone and grouping words and phrases together appropriately.
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Difficulty "sounding out" unfamiliar words.
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Trouble writing or copying letters, numbers and symbols in the correct order.
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Trouble rhyming.
How is Dyslexia Diagnosed?
Dyslexia is a language-based disorder. It can be diagnosed by the following professionals:
-Education Psychologist
-Neurologist
-Speech-Language Pathologist
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Many factors must be considered before a child is diagnosed with dyslexia. These include the following:
-IQ scores
Children with dyslexia often have average to above average intelligence. If a child is struggling to read, yet their intelligence is above average, dyslexia may be the cause.
-Language scores
A comprehensive evaluation of language skills should be administered. A child with dyslexia may demonstrate difficulties with expressive language tasks. Their understanding is normal, however they struggle to formulate cohesive ideas, find the right words or sequence events logically.
-Reading, writing and spellings sample
This is crucial. A child with dyslexia will have difficulties with most, or all of these tasks with varying degrees of difficulty depending on the severity.
-Family history
Dyslexia is hereditary. If a family member has dyslexia, and your child is struggling academically, there is a good chance that dyslexia is to blame.
- Teacher reports/academic performance
It is important to see how the child is performing at school. Their areas of strengths and weaknesses can reveal a lot.
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