Dyslexia

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·        It is a neurological disorder but not a disease; it cannot be cured but its effects can be alleviated - it may be called a learning/cognitive difference rather than a deficit and it may be accompanied by perceptual/cognitive benefits.

·        There is good evidence to suggest that dyslexia is an inherited condition.

·        There is evidence showing that those with dyslexia have differences in brain function and anatomy.

·        It seems that those with dyslexia perform many literacy tasks using the more imaginative, artistic right brain rather than the more organisationally oriented left hemisphere.

·        Dyslexia may overlap with other specific learning disorders such as dyspraxia and attention deficit disorder.

·        Difficulties with short term memory are typical.

·        Dyslexia manifests itself in a number of "non-literacy" areas such as organisational ability, visual processing, sequencing and memory abilities.

·        Dyslexia affects 10% of the general population.