CT Dyslexia 

Each individual with dyslexia is unique, and so will have their own combination of strengths and challenges.

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Dyslexia is a set of processing difficulties which mainly affect how people learn to read, write and spell.

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Dyslexia can affect other skills such aspects of maths (remembering times tables, sequencing, telling the time), reading comprehension, organisational skills.

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Dyslexia is estimated to affect one in ten people.

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Dyslexia can run in families.

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It is on a continuum, some people will find their dyslexia has a severe impact while for others it is mild. It can occur across the intellectual range.

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It is lifelong, people do not grow out of it, however teaching approaches and strategies can help to reduce the impact.

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People with dyslexia often have strengths in other areas, such as problem solving and creativity.

 

Common traits of dyslexia include: 

• Poor phonological awareness (the ability to manipulate speech sounds)

• Mispronunciations

• Slow processing speed

• Poor short-term memory

• Poor sequencing (days of the week, months, times tables)

• Spelling errors (reversals, muddled words, phonetic spelling, difficulties with homophones)

• Difficulty with reading aloud​

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A young person with dyslexia may not exhibit all of these traits

 

 

BDA dyslexia checklists: https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/dyslexia/how-is-dyslexia-diagnosed/dyslexia-checklists

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More information can be found here: https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/dyslexia/about-dyslexia