Dyslexia

Dyslexia is an impairment in your brain's ability to translate written images received from your eyes into meaningful language. Also called specific reading disability, dyslexia is the most common learning disability in children. Dyslexia usually occurs in children with normal vision and normal intelligence. Children with dyslexia usually have normal speech, but may have difficulty interpreting spoken language and writing. Children with dyslexia need individualized tutoring, and treatment for dyslexia often involves a multisensory education program.
When the child reaches school age, the child's teacher may be first to notice a problem.
Before school
Signs and symptoms that a young child may be at risk of dyslexia include:
• Late talking
• Adding new words slowly
• Difficulty rhyming
School age
Once the child is in school, dyslexia symptoms may become more apparent, including:
• Reading at a level well below the expected level for the child’s age
• Problems processing and understanding what he or she hears
• Difficulty comprehending rapid instructions
• Trouble following more than one command at a time
• Problems remembering the sequence of things
• Difficulty seeing (and occasionally hearing) similarities and differences in letters and words
• An inability to sound out the pronunciation of an unfamiliar word
• Seeing letters or words in reverse (b for d or saw for was) — although seeing words or letters in reverse is common for children younger than 8 who don't have dyslexia, children with dyslexia will continue to see reversals past that age
• Difficulty spelling
• Trouble learning a foreign language
Sources: mayoclinic.com, http://www.dyslexia.online.com/famous/famous.htm
http://kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/learning/dyslexia.html