Facts And Myths Of Dyslexia

Question 1

Boys are more likely to have dyslexia than girls.

Answer 1

Myth

Question 2

They will outgrow it.

Answer 2

Myth: it is a chronic condition of the neural circuitry of the brain, and does not represent a temporary lag in Reading development.

Question 3

Dyslexia is a visual problem and can be remediated by specialized eye training.

Answer 3

Children with dyslexia are not usually prone to seeing letters or words backwards. The problem is a linguistic one. Not a visual one.

Question 4

Dyslexic kids aren’t very smart.

Answer 4

Dyslexia represents a specific difficulty with reading, not worth thinking skills. Comprehending spoken language is often at a very high level, as are other high level reasoning skills.
Dyslexia does not reflect an overall defect in language, but rather a localized weakness within a specific component of the language system: the phonological module.

Question 5

They see words and letters backwards.

Answer 5

There is actually no evidence that they actually see words backwards.

Question 6

Reversals are a sign of dyslexia.

Answer 6

They have trouble naming letters but not copying letters. Reversals are common in early writing development among dyslexia and non dyslexics.
Reversals are irrelevant to the diagnosis of dyslexia.

Question 7

Left handedness, special difficulties, trouble tying shoes and clumsiness are signs of dyslexia.

Answer 7

No research to back this myth. The only commonality among the dyslexic population is phonological weakness.