The term dyslexia is best defined as?

Answer 1

The word. dyslexia, is of Greek origin and is made up of two parts: dys, meaning bad or abnormal and lex, meaning words.

Dyslexia is a type of language processing disability often manifested as a difficulty with written language, particularly with reading and spelling. Evidence suggests that it is a result of a difference in how the brain processes written and/or verbal language. It is separate and distinct from reading difficulties resulting from other causes, such as deficiencies in intelligence, non-neurological deficiency with vision or hearing, or from poor or inadequate reading instruction.

Dyslexia is most commonly characterized by difficulties with learning how to decode at the word level, to spell, and to read accurately and fluently. Dyslexic individuals often have difficulty "breaking the code" of sound-letter association (the alphabetic principle), and they may also reverse or transpose letters when writing or confuse letters such as b, d, p, q, especially in childhood. However, dyslexia is not a visual problem that involves reading letters or words backwards or upside down, nor are such reversals a defining characteristic of dyslexia.

Dyslexia is linked to the left hemisphere of the brain and is caused by inefficiencies in language processing areas. It may be a genetic disorder.

Answer 2

What is Dyslexia?

HERE ARE THREE DEFINITIONS-

The word dyslexia is made of dys - poor or inadequate (learning or master of), and lexia - verbal language. When Alfred was ten years old, he put this into plain English, "I can think okay. What's wrong with me is just my words. I forget them and I can't manage them." A more formal definition has recently been proposed by the Orton Dyslexia Society and adopted by the National Institutes of Health (1994). This definition is:

"Dyslexia is one of several distinct learning disabilities. It is a specific language based disorder of constitutional origin characterized by difficulties in single word decoding, usually reflecting insufficient phonologically processing abilities. These difficulties in single word decoding are often unexpected in relation to age and other cognitive and academic abilities; they are not the result of generalized developmental disability or sensory impairment. Dyslexia is manifested by variable difficulty with different forms of language, often including, in addition to problems in reading, a conspicuous problem with acquiring proficiency in writing and spelling.

Some people have a talent for learning their native language. Early in life and almost without effort, they seem to learn to understand speech and to make themselves understood. They learn reading, writing and spelling in the early grades at school or before. They present their thoughts clearly by word of mouth or in writing.

Most of us must work harder and need more teaching to become as competent in these skills as we need to be.

For some people, one tenth or more of us, this learning is excessively hard. It is so hard that it gets in the way of progress in personal growth, in school, and in work. If the difficulty is severe enough to become a problem and is out of line with the person's other abilities and his home and school opportunities, we can call it dyslexia, or specific language difficulty.

This is a real important problem which deserves our study and efforts. The disability which often results is hampering, but it need be only temporary. It can be mastered by appropriate education, suited to the inborn differences in people.

Answer 3

Learning Disorder

Well, while dyslexia is certainly a learning disorder, there are many other learning disorders so that may not be the best definition.

I would suggest that a better definition would be that dyslexia is a learning disorder that impairs the sufferer's ability to read. Even that my not suffice, as there are learning disorders besides dyslexia that affect reading ability, but it's probably a good enough definition for most purposes.

Answer 4

Dyslexia is a disorder that makes it difficult to read. See link for more.
it mean that the persun withe it have a hard time speling and reading(have it myslef look spelling)

Answer 5

Dyslexia is the inability to decipher words or letters the way they are suppose to be. Those with dyslexia have trouble reading and understanding at the pace of others.

Answer 6

a learning disorder