2+ Million Undiagnosed Adult Dyslexics?

Almost all of the what we know of dyslexia has been compressed into the last twenty-five years. Before that dyslexia was almost completely a mystery.

Dyslexics see things differently. A dyslexic’s eyes are the same as those of non-dyslexics, but their brains interpret the signals received in different manners. For this reason they learn differently. They have to be taught in the way they learn, not in the traditional mold.

For something over 15 years now, practically all elementary schools have routinely screened for learning disabilities dyslexia. Any child who had problems with reading was selected to go through a full-scale professional dyslexic test followed by individual evaluation.

Before about 15 years ago, dyslexics were lumped in with the rest of the students and had to take their chances. Most were treated badly by the educational system, called lazy, slow learners, underachievers. They were made to feel ashamed of and embarrassed by their differences and learned to conceal them.

Today there are millions of dyslexic adults still struggling to deal with the world through a dyslexic lens, not realizing that dyslexia is their problem and a simple dyslexia test could set them on the road to life-changing improvements.

One of the problems in helping dyslexics is that there are many different types of dyslexia. Dyslexia takes many different forms; all dyslexics are different. They cannot be readily sorted into categories and then treated the same as a group.

Dyslexia testing is neither difficult nor expensive nor time-consuming. There is an excellent online test available now that can be done in half an hour from any place there is an Internet connection. If there is any suspicion that a person might be dyslexic, they can find out for less than the cost of a visit to their Doctor or Dentist!

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Disclaimer: This posting is based on information freely available in the popular press and medical journals that deal with dyslexia. Nothing herein is intended to be or should be construed to be medical advice. For medical advice the reader should consult with his or her physician or other medical specialist.

Courtesy of - Seymore Goldsmith