What is Dyslexia?
“Dyslexia is the result of problems with the way the brain processes words and sequences such as numbers or days of the week.”
The word ‘Dyslexia’ originates from the Greek language and literally means 'difficulty with words', however, the condition is more complex than just this literal translation. Dyslexia is a symptom of numerous and multiple information processing disorders in the brain.
Dyslexia can be caused by many different underlying issues and is thus hard to define. It affects children and adults in several different ways. The prime problem is a difficulty in learning to spell, write and read, despite adequate intellect and teaching. Its secondary effects include but are not limited to problems with memory, organisation and concentration.
Dyslexia is not caused due to an individual’s inability to learn and develop literacy skills. Dyslexia affects the way people process information and this affects their ability to learn. The information processing difficulty may arise due to several reasons, but it is this that induces problems with acquiring literacy skills. In summary, dyslexia includes problems with processing visual/auditory information; with retaining that information in the short-term memory and with kinaesthetic awareness, co-ordination and automaticity.
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Information sourced from https://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Dyslexia/Pages/Introduction.aspx