My Purpose
The purpose of my project is to bring more awareness to dyslexia in the community. I hope that through SARA Talks you (whether you are a parent, a dyslexic, an expert, an educator or just a passer-by) will gain more insight and garner useful information from my site. If I make an impact on just one person, I will feel successful!
What is Dyslexia?
A learning disability
Affects how a person reads, spells, writes or comprehends
Often associated with ADHD
Often runs in the family
What Dyslexia is NOT
A disease or contagious
Cause someone to be violent
A measure of intelligence, i.e. dyslexics are not necessarily of lower intelligence
A form of autism
Due to problems with hearing or vision
Legal Definition of Dyslexia
The term dyslexia means an unexpected difficulty in reading for an individual who has the intelligence to be a much better reader, most commonly caused by a difficulty in the phonological processing, the appreciation of the individual sounds of spoken language, which affects the ability of an individual to speak, read, and spell. (Public Law 115-391)