What is Dyslexia?
14th March 2006
Definitions of dyslexia on the Web:
a reading disorder characterized by reading ability below the expected level given a child’s age, school grade, and intelligence.
www.uchicagokidshospital.org/online-library/content=P02566
Learning disability affecting reading ability. Persons with dyslexia may have difficulty remembering, recognizing, and or reversing written letters, numbers, and words, might read backwards, and have poor handwriting.
www.dphilpotlaw.com/html/glossary.html
has been estimated to occur in 4% of the UK population, and 10% show some of the symptoms of dyslexia. It has been defined by the British Dyslexia Association as “a combination of abilities and difficulties that affect the learning process in one or more of reading, spelling, writing. Accompanying weaknesses may be identified in areas of speed of processing, short-term memory, sequencing and organisation, auditory and/or visual perception, spoken language and motor skills. …
www.skillsforaccess.org.uk/definitions.php
A disorder where things are done or read backwards. For example, a “d” and a “b” might be confused
www.macalester.edu/~psych/whathap/UBNRP/synesthesia/terms.html
Also known as reading disorder, is marked by reading achievement (eg, reading accuracy, speed and comprehension as measured by standardized tests) that falls substantially below that expected given the individuals chronological age, measured intelligence, and age appropriate education (DSM-IV, Dyslexia).
www.siena.edu/studentaffairs/disabilities/disabilities_definitions.asp
An impairment of the ability to read. Early diagnosis and educational intervention are essential.
http://chfs.ky.gov/dcbs/dpp/GLOSSARY+OF+ADOPTION+TERMS.htm
Dyslexia is a complex learning difficulty which impacts on a learner’s ability to read, write and count.
www.dyslexia-dyspraxia.com/glossary.htm
Difficulty reading
www.speakability.org.uk/Pages/Aphasia_%20Information/Medical_Terms.htm
Inability or difficulty in reading, including word-blindness and a tendency to reverse letters and words in reading and writing.
www.indianpsychiatry.com/Glossary.htm
dyslexia is a neurological difference, the primary effects of which are on auditory and visual short-term memory and visual/motor processing speed.
www.shefc.ac.uk/publications/other/dyslexia/content/glossary.html
Dyslexia is a specific type of learning difficulty where a person of normal intelligence has persistent and significant problems with reading, writing, spelling and, sometimes, mathematics and musical notation. The person may not have difficulties in other areas: many dyslexic people are extremely creative, think laterally and have excellent problem-solving skills. It may be helpful to think of dyslexia as an information processing difficulty. …
www.bfi.org.uk/education/resources/teaching/disability/further/disabilityglossary.php
a developmental reading disability, presumably congenital and perhaps hereditary, that may vary in degree from mild to severe.
www.nde.state.ne.us/READ/FRAMEWORK/glossary/general_a-e.html
one form of Specific Learning Disability that occurs quite frequently. Dyslexia means dysfunction of the lexicon: a failure of the content of or access to a person’s internal “dictionary”. …
www.ansr.com/ansrgled.html
A specific language-based disorder characterized by difficulties in single word decoding, usually reflecting insufficient phonological processing. These difficulties, which are not the result of generalized developmental disability or sensory impairment, are often unexpected in relation to age and other cognitive and academic abilities and severely impair the individual’s ability to read.
www.annikeris.com/glossary_d.html
impaired ability to learn to read
http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
Dyslexia is a cognitive deficit in which a person’s reading and/or writing ability is significantly lower than that which would be predicted by his or her general level of intelligence. People are diagnosed as dyslexic when their reading problems cannot be explained by a lack of intellectual ability, inadequate instruction, or sensory problems such as poor eyesight. Because reading is a complex mental process, dyslexia has many potential causes. …
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyslexia