Dyslexia: Understanding, Education, and Support

DYSLEXIA
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Introduction:
Dyslexia can be defined as
a brain based disorder that
triggers intellectual
disability (Australian
Dyslexia Association ,
2019).
Dyslexia leads to the
impairment of the normal
brain’s ability to read and
comprehend information

Educational experience with
dyslexia:
Dyslexic children find it
difficult to read like normal
children despite possessing
normal intelligence levels
(Dyslexiaida.org , 2019).
Dyslexic children struggle
with spelling words correctly
and also experience difficulty
with visual and verbal
responding (Eden et al.,
2016).

Features of a dyslexia
friendly school:
Inclusion of targeted interventions
to address the basic processing
difficulties
Inclusion of environmental changes
to sufficiently address the learning
barriers
Effective tackling of negative peers
who judge Dyslexic children (Ellis,
2016)