DyslexiaHailey Klemenok

Mrs. ReidPhysical Science 6*

Spring 2010

What is Dyslexia?

• Dyslexia is a learning disability that shows itself in reading comprehension, decoding and fluency.

• only a small percent of the population is affected by Dyslexia, 5-17% of all people.

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It’s a family trait

• Contrary to what people say and are told dyslexia is NOT a disease. Its a condition you are born with. Often its runs in families and is a common family trait.

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Learning Disabilities

• Learning disabilities are problems that affect people the ways people review, store, and use information.

• Learning disabilities can be diagnosed at an early age when teachers and parents notice when a child has trouble paying attention and doing school work, or later on as a teenager when life gets more stressful and your brain takes on more and can’t process it all normally anymore.

FUN FACTS

• People with Dyslexia are usually found to be average or above average intelligent.

• Walt Disney was Dyslexic.

• There’s no cure for Dyslexia. Most people just learn to work around it.

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Famous Figures With Dyslexia

• Tom Cruise

• Magic Johnson

• Franklin Roosevelt

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BibliographyBibliography

• http://photobucket.com/images/

• http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/cedir/kidsweb/fpwdinfo.html

• http://kidshealth.org/teen/school_jobs/school/dyslexia.html#