Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities.
These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the phonological component of language that is often unexpected in relation to other cognitive abilities and the provision of effective classroom instruction.
Secondary consequences may include problems in reading comprehension and reduced reading experience that can impede growth of vocabulary and background knowledge.
International Dyslexia Association Board of Directors 2002
The word dyslexia consists of two parts, “dys” meaning trouble with and “lexia”, meaning words (Vail, 1990). Dyslexia causes the learner to have trouble with words. It is estimated that 20% of the population is dyslexic (Shaywitz, 2003). This difficulty sometimes occurs in reading, handwriting, spelling, listening and in synthesizing large amounts of written or spoken material (Vail, 1990). Processing phonological information can be very challenging.
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