Dyslexia is known to be a neurological condition that affects the brain’s ability to interpret signals received from the eyes. A primary dyslexia symptom is the problems in reading that it causes.
Approximately According to statistics about 10% of the population has some form and degree of dyslexia.
School age children are now routinely screened for dyslexia symptoms. However, most of what we have learned about dyslexia has come in the last 15-25 years. That means that most of those of us who graduated from elementary school more than about 15 years ago have never been screened or tested.
The statistics on dyslexia mean that there are millions of adult dyslexics out there. 95% of these do not know that dyslexia is the root cause of their problems with reading and manipulating the symbols used for words and numbers. They all desperately need dyslexia testing, but they don’t know it, and without testing, we don’t know who they are…
Before we began to understand dyslexia, our educational systems made life very difficult for dyslexic students. They were unjustly branded with labels such as “slow learners” or “underachievers”. Dyslexics are not stupid, nor are they mentally deficient. They just see things differently and learn things differently from the way non-dyslexics do.
Most were embarrassed their problems and tried to hide them. Most developed effective defense mechanisms, like avoiding any situation or job or activity that might require them to read something or be required to read aloud. These defense mechanisms are still mostly in place. That works to make adult dyslexics difficult to locate.
If these people could be found now and encouraged to take a free dyslexia test for screening, their dyslexia symptoms could be found. If sufficient dyslexia symptoms were present, they could be encouraged to go for a full scale, professional testing.
Today such testing is relatively cheap and fast. Anybody can take a home dyslexia test, online, at home or from wherever they could connect to the Internet.
Once diagnosed they could be helped to overcome their dyslexic problems and lead normal, more fulfilling lives.
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Disclaimer: This posting is based on information freely available in the popular press and medical journals that deal with dyslexia. Nothing herein is intended to be or should be construed to be any sort of medical advice. For medical advice the reader should consult with his or her physician or other medical specialist.
– Guillermo Chavez