Dyslexia refers to any reading difficulty not associated with obvious problems (such as bad eyesight). Dyslexias include the inability to name letters, to read words or sentences, ...
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Medical Research Council (London)
The Brain In the brain, above the left ear, the Broca's and Wernicke's areas are involved in the processing of language. These two areas are bridged by a lump of tissue called the insula. The insula, by connecting both these two processing areas, enable people to automatically understand the written word. For people with dyslexia, the insula is dysfunctional, so instead of knowing automatically what a written word sounds like, they have to think about each word they see and consciously translate it from the written form to the sound it makes. Dyslexics get round the problem by using other pathways in the brain to process the written word. However under stress, there are delays in processing. Hope this will help some of you, to understand the medical side of dyslexia and should anyone ask you " what is dyslexia" , just tell them the medical fact. By JAA Posted on 10/11/07, 04:10 pm |
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thanks JAA - good to have you back..:) 
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What if your dsylexia isn't with words or written language...but with numbers??? Cause I have numeric dyslexia...but it's still dyslexia.
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Wow, that's great to know it's a function problem like that and it's something we have no controll over. So many people don't understand and think we are just dumb or laxy but this actually shows a pysical disfunction. I can't wait to tell me mum!!
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Any ideas on how to explain it to a 9 year old?
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That is a wonderful explanation! My dyslexic son is 9 and is recognizing our struggles with his dyslexic 5yr. old sister (both informally diagnosed will be formal soon)and he has given us advice... She has great difficulty with her "sight" words (these are words that can't be sounded out at their age, they just have to see it, memorize it, and know it) Our son told us to not show her the word, it's too confusing, just talk about it with her, like say "SAID" (which should be written like "SED") then say the letters "S-A-I-D", then have her do it with you. (This is how we've been more successful with his spelling words.)And maybe only one word a day and involve it throughout the day. Then when she sees the word at school, she may not be able to sound it out but she will remember it when she says the letters. He also said she should try his lightly tinted sunglasses because she seems to squint her eyes when trying to focus so hard on the words. This is coming from a 9yr.old! He can't do a math word problem unless you read it out loud to him.
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