Spellbound Dyslexia
     Specialist Literacy & Maths Tuition and Assessment.                           

 

• The word 'dyslexia' comes from the Greek and means 'difficulty with words'.

 

• It is a lifelong, usually genetic, inherited condition and affects around 10% of the population.

 

• Dyslexia occurs in people of all races, backgrounds and abilities, and varies from person to person: no two people will have the same set of strengths and weaknesses.

 

• Dyslexia occurs independently of intelligence.

 

• Dyslexia is really about information processing: dyslexic people may have difficulty processing and remembering information they see and hear. This can affect learning and the acquisition of literacy skills.

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• These difficulties with reading and spelling will persist despite appropriate learning opportunities.

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• Dyslexia may co-exist with other specific learning difficulties such as dyspraxia and ADHD [for which a medical diagnosis is required].

 

• It is best thought of as a continuum, not a distinct category, with no clear cut-off.

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