THIS FORM OF NEURODIVERGENCE INVOLVES SPEAKING, READING AND WRITING.

DYSLEXIA IS TYPICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH MISREADING, WRITING, OR SPEAKING WORDS OR LETTERS OUT OF ORDER, BUT IT ENCOMPASSES MORE THAN THAT. FOR EXAMPLE, IT MAY INVOLVE CONFUSION WITH CERTAIN LETTERS, DIFFICULTY ORGANISING WORDS INTO SENTENCES, TROUBLE ACQUIRING A VOCABULARY OR PRONOUNCING WORDS, AND/OR CHALLENGES FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS.

PEOPLE WITH DYSLEXIA ARE OFTEN BIG PICTURE THINKERS WHO EXCEL AT VISUAL PROCESSING. IN ADDITION, THEY TEND TO HAVE STRONG SPATIAL AWARENESS AND MAY BE VERY CREATIVE.

DYSLEXIA IS A LEARNING DIFFICULTY THAT PRIMARILY AFFECTS THE SKILLS INVOLVED IN ACCURATE AND FLUENT WORD READING AND SPELLING. CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF DYSLEXIA ARE DIFFICULTIES IN PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS, VERBAL MEMORY AND VERBAL PROCESSING SPEED. DYSLEXIA OCCURS ACROSS THE RANGE OF INTELLECTUAL ABILITIES.

DYSLEXIA IS A COMMON LEARNING DIFFICULTY. IT’S ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 1 IN 10 PEOPLE IN THE UK HAS SOME DEGREE OF DYSLEXIA.

UNLIKE A LEARNING DISABILITY, INTELLIGENCE ISN’T AFFECTED.

DYSLEXIA IS A LIFELONG PROBLEM THAT CAN PRESENT CHALLENGES ON A DAILY BASIS, BUT SUPPORT IS AVAILABLE TO IMPROVE READING AND WRITING SKILLS AND HELP THOSE WITH THE THE PROBLEM BE SUCCESSFUL. SIGNS OF DYSLEXIA USUALLY BECOME APPARENT WHEN A CHILD STARTS SCHOOL AND BEGINS TO FOCUS MORE ON LEARNING HOW TO READ AND WRITE.

A PERSON WITH DYSLEXIA MAY

READ AND WRITE VERY SLOWLY.

CONFUSE THE LETTERS IN WORDS.

BE CONFUSED BY LETTERS THAT LOOK SIMILAR AND WRITE LETTERS THE WRONG WAY ROUND (SUCH AS ‘b’ AND ‘d’).

HAVE POOR OR INCONSISTENT SPELLING.

UNDERSTAND INFORMATION WHEN TOLD VERBALLY, BUT HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH INFORMATION THAT’S WRITTEN DOWN.

FIND IT HARD TO CARRY OUT A SEQUENCE OF DIRECTIONS

STRUGGLE WITH PLANNING AND ORGANISATION.

BUT PEOPLE WITH DYSLEXIA OFTEN HAVE GOOD SKILLS IN OTHER AREAS, SUCH AS CREATIVE THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING.

DYSLEXIA IS A NEUROLOGICAL DIFFERENCE AND CAN HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT DURING EDUCATION, IN THE WORKPLACE AND IN EVERYDAY LIFE. AS EACH PERSON IS UNIQUE, SO IS EVERYONE’S EXPERIENCE OF DYSLEXIA. IT CAN RANGE FROM MILD TO SEVERE, AND IT CAN CO-OCCUR WITH OTHER LEARNING DIFFICULTIES. IT USUALLY RUNS IN FAMILIES AND IS A LIFE-LONG CONDITION.

THINGS YOU CAN DO WHEN WORKING WITH YOUR DYSLEXIC CLIENT

GIVE VERBAL AS WELL AS WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS

PROVIDE ALL HARD COPY NOTES AND COMMUNICATION ON COLOURED PAPAER (FIND OUT WHICH COLOUR HELPS THE PERSON TO READ BEST)

HIGHLIGHT KEY POINTS IN DOCUMENTS.

ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME TO READ AND COMPLETE THE TASK

USE DIFFERENT WAYS TO CONVEY INFORMATION E.G. DRAWINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS.

ENCOURAGE YOUR CLIENT TO USE THE RECORD BUTTON ON THEIR PHONE INSTEAD OF MAKING WRITTEN NOTES.

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