Dyslexia

Key facts About 1 in 10 people have dyslexia. The brains of people with dyslexia work differently to people without dyslexia. Dyslexia symptoms can vary from quite mild to quite bad. People with dyslexia can be taught to read using a specific teaching strategy called systematic synthetic phonics. Coloured glasses and eye exercises don’t help people with dyslexia. What is dyslexia? Dyslexia (specific learning disorder in reading) is a common learning disability. Dyslexia makes it challenging for people to recognise words. About 1 in 10 people have dyslexia. People with dyslexia often also have problems with spelling, writing and understanding what