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Article: Dyslexia
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Dyslexia
Reading and the brain
How humans read
Causes of dyslexia
Treating dyslexia
Future developments
Resources
Dyslexia is a disorder that falls under the broad category of learning disabilities. It is often described as a neurological syndrome in which otherwise normal people have difficulty reading and writing. Dyslexia is not defined exactly the same by specialists in the United States. However, the key feature in all definitions, whether it comes from the U.S. federal government, the World Health Organization, or other organizations, seems to be the person
’
s inability to read properly. The word dyslexia is derived from the Greek word
dys
(meaning poor or inadequate) and ...