Understanding Dyslexia Learning Disabilities

Dyslexia learning disability is a state where an individual, usually a child, suffers from learning problem. Generally, patients find themselves having difficulty or unable to read, write, and spell. Also, dyslexics often have very poor memory.

Dyslexia doesn't necessarily mean that a child's intellectual capacity is below average. People who suffer from dyslexia are extremely smart and are very profound in what they do. The cause or pathophysiologic action of the disease is still currently not fully explained. However, contrary to common belief, dyslexia learning disability is a disorder that makes the individual who suffers from it unable to cope fast in terms of learning. It doesn't have anything to do with their eye sights or vision capacity. Also, dyslexics do not see letters backwards and or unable to see letters at all.

The only known cause for dyslexia is genetics. Often, the disorder can be passed down from parents to child or grandparents to grandsons and granddaughters. It can be inherited so it is expected from every child to have difficulty in learning especially when their ancestral line has history of dyslexia.

Symptoms includes, slow response reaction that can be manifested by talking later than expected, difficulty of rhyming and learning new words. Thus, they are unable to learn new words and are often very frustrated in class. Dyslexic usually confuses single and short words. They also have difficulty relating letters to sound. Often they reverse the letters' shapes and write backwards.

Tests like Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC), Woodcock-Johnson Psychoeducational Battery-Revised, and Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) are essential diagnostic tools for dyslexia. Treatment also requires tools that are educational and cognitive oriented. Also, it is essential to know that dyslexia is a lifelong condition. Symptoms can be corrected from time to time but consistent support is needed throughout their lives.