For all of us who are affected by dyslexia, it is important to stay up-to-date with regard to how dyslexia is defined, understood, and perceived. …
In our dyslexia illustration, the visible portion of the iceberg includes the symptoms that parents and teachers most clearly observe in young readers, with the “above-the-surface” amount varying significantly among individuals. The part of the iceberg under water includes language processing difficulties not readily observable to parents and teachers – problems that can be revealed only through a language-processing evaluation.
There’s an alphabet soup of terms referring to children who don’t learn at the same rate as their peers: developmental disability*, learning disability, special needs, …
The International Dyslexia Association offers the following definition for dyslexia: “Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by …