Dyslexia is a neurological learning disability characterized by difficulties with reading, writing, and spelling despite normal intelligence. It is caused by differences in how the brain processes written language and is often hereditary. People with dyslexia have strengths in areas like creative thinking, but weaknesses in language acquisition and phonological processing. Indicators in primary students include issues with time telling, behavior, processing speed, reading style, and comprehension. Famous people who had dyslexia include Walt Disney, Albert Einstein, and Leonardo Da Vinci. With proper support, dyslexia can be managed and not prevent success in life.

1. DYSLEXIA

2. OVERVIEW
• Introduction
• What’s dyslexia?
• Causes of Dyslexia
• Strengths and Weaknesses
• Indicators
• Famous personalities
• Famous personalities with dyslexia
• Conclusion

3. An Introduction to Dyslexia
• Greek term
• It means difficulty(dys)with words(lexis)
• Also known Specific Developmental Dyslexia

4. What’s dyslexia?
• A neurological-based specific learning
difficulty that is characterized by difficulties in
one or more of reading, writing and spelling.
• Accompanying weaknesses may be indentified
in areas of language acquisition, phonological
processing, working memory and sequencing.
• Occur in learners with intelligence.

5. Definition
• A variable often familial learning disability
involving difficulties in acquiring and
processing language that is typically
manifested by a lack of proficiency in reading,
spelling, and writing
(Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

6. What causes dyslexia?
• Many theories but no one knows the exact
cause.
• Research confirms that it can run in the family
• More common in males than of females.

7. Areas of Strengths
• Good reasoning skills
• Creative
• Think in big picture and multi-dimensional way

8. Areas of Weakness
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
• There is evidence to suggest that dyslexics have difficulty
learning additional languages.
PHONOLOGICAL PROCESSING DIFFICULTY
• Most common difficulty in dyslexics
• Difficulty in understanding the letters
• See the mirror images.

9. Indicators of dyslexia in primary
learners
TIME
• Difficulty in how to tell time
• Poor general awareness of time and time-keeping
• Poor personal organization
Behavior
• Tend to dream in class
• Easily distracted
• Show excessive tiredness

10. INDICATORS OF DYSLEXIA IN PRIMARY
LEARNERS
General
• Poor processing speed in for spoken or written language
• Poor concentration
Reading and Writing style
• Slow, inaccurate in reading
• Strange pronunciation of words
• Expressionless reading
• Poor comprehension of text
• Messy work
• Unusual sequencing of letters

11. Famous Personalities with Dyslexia
Walt Disney
Einstein
Denial Radcliff
Le Na Do Vinci
M. Ali Pablo Picasso
Abhishek bachchan

12. Some other Personalities having
Dyslexia
• Winston Churchill
• George Washington
• John F. Kennedy
• Michael Faraday
• Alexander Graham Bell

13. Conclusion
• It is a common point of view that dyslexics can
not do well in their routine life.
• They face difficulties in their social life and
people make fun of them but it is a wrong
perception.
• Through proper counseling and devotion, it
can be cured and Dyslexics can lead their life
successfully.