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Dyslexia is a specific learning difficulty, usually with spelling and writing, and sometimes with reading and numbers. It is characterized by problems in coping with written symbols, despite normal intelligence. Dyslexic children and adults may have problems putting things in order or following instructions and may confuse left and right.

Experts estimate that dyslexia occurs in about 8 percent of the population. It is a permanent disability, which is often accompanied by strengths in areas such as creativity or physical coordination. Each dyslexic person’s difficulties are different and vary from slight to very severe disruption of the learning process. Its cause has not been fully established, but the effect creates neurological anomalies in the brain. These anomalies trigger varying degrees of difficulty in learning when using words and sometimes symbols.

Children or students who are dyslexic have trouble sorting out the sounds within words, which is why they have problems with reading, writing, and spelling. Most children with dyslexia have difficulty with text, memory, and basic mathematics. Children are either born with dyslexia or they acquire the difficulty during early childhood, but it is when they begin to learn using words and sometimes
other symbols that it becomes a noticeable problem.