Quite the opposite is true. Dyslexia occurs in children and adults with normal vision and intelligence that ranges from typical to high intelligence. In some cases, dyslexia is undiagnosed for years and is not recognized until adulthood (Staff, 2016). Dyslexia does not have a cure. It is a lifelong condition that is believed to be caused by traits that are inherited. These inherited traits affect how the brain works and is the reason why dyslexia is believed to be a neurological or neurobiological condition (Dyslexia, 2016). Most individuals with dyslexia can succeed in school with the help of tutors, emotional support, and/or a specialized education program. The severity of dyslexia varies from person to person. Many children with dyslexia can be taught to read with the help of special instructional techniques. Often beneficial is the so-called multisensory approach to learning, which involves simultaneously hearing, seeing, and touching. Many children and adults with dyslexia develop into highly productive individuals by finding ways to work around their reading difficulty by using aides such as audiotaping lectures, using flashcards to help learn new things, and taking advantage of the spelling and grammar-checking capabilities of computer word-processing programs. “Assistive technology,” including scanners, speech synthesizers, speech-to-text printouts, and the like, can also
Quite the opposite is true. Dyslexia occurs in children and adults with normal vision and intelligence that ranges from typical to high intelligence. In some cases, dyslexia is undiagnosed for years and is not recognized until adulthood (Staff, 2016). Dyslexia does not have a cure. It is a lifelong condition that is believed to be caused by traits that are inherited. These inherited traits affect how the brain works and is the reason why dyslexia is believed to be a neurological or neurobiological condition (Dyslexia, 2016). Most individuals with dyslexia can succeed in school with the help of tutors, emotional support, and/or a specialized education program. The severity of dyslexia varies from person to person. Many children with dyslexia can be taught to read with the help of special instructional techniques. Often beneficial is the so-called multisensory approach to learning, which involves simultaneously hearing, seeing, and touching. Many children and adults with dyslexia develop into highly productive individuals by finding ways to work around their reading difficulty by using aides such as audiotaping lectures, using flashcards to help learn new things, and taking advantage of the spelling and grammar-checking capabilities of computer word-processing programs. “Assistive technology,” including scanners, speech synthesizers, speech-to-text printouts, and the like, can also