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2. What is dyslexia?Dyslexia causes difficulties in quite specific areas of learning. It usually affects reading, writing and spelling, but can also influence mathematical skills. The condition is hard to define precisely because dyslexia often overlaps with other types of specific learning difficulties which can also affect spoken language and motor skills. However, there are typical symptoms which should alert parents, teachers and others to the possibility that a child, or indeed an adult, has dyslexia. These are discussed in the sections How to recognise dyslexia in children and Dyslexia in adults. Until recently the causes of dyslexia were not understood. However, it is now generally accepted that dyslexic people seem to process information in a different way from the rest of the population (For more information, go to Scientific findings.)
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Contents of this site.5. Dyslexia and the education system. 6. How to recognise dyslexia in children. 9. External tests and examinations.
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