whats the meaning of dyslexia?

Answer 1

any of various reading disorders associated with impairment of the ability to interpret spatial relationships or to integrate auditory and visual information.
A learning disorder marked by impairment of the ability to recognize and comprehend written words

Answer 2

Dyslexia, the inability to learn to read fluently. No single definition of dyslexia is accepted by all reading specialists. In the United States, federal law governing special education classifies dyslexia as a “specific learning disability” or as a “specific reading disability.” The World Health Organization labels dyslexia a “specific reading disorder,” and other sources label it a “specific language disorder.” However, a central feature of all definitions is an unexpected and substantial difficulty in learning to read. The lack of a commonly accepted definition of dyslexia has caused some educators, physicians, and researchers to avoid using the term altogether.

Because there is no clear and widely held definition of the problem, estimates of the number of persons with dyslexia vary widely. Most researchers have suggested that dyslexia is rare, occurring in 1 to 2 percent of the world’s population. However, others contend that 10 to 20 percent of the population have dyslexia or display dyslexic characteristics. Those arguing for the higher incidence levels also suggest that dyslexia can appear in differing levels of intensity, affecting the reading achievement of some individuals more than others.

Answer 3

Unfortunately no, Dyslexia does not just go away. What your teacher is talking about is learning to overcome the barriers associated with your disability. It is no different then someone like myself who is legally blind. In a class setting because of my impairment, I have certion barriers that make it difficult for me to preform well in class. Some of these include reading small print, seeing the black board when the teacher writes on it etc. But there are ways in which I can overcome these barriers such as reading braille or large print. Sitting up front in the classroom so I can see the board, Use of special equipment to aid the learning process such as magnifiers, and so on. One such resource that your instructor might cover is a service called Learning Ally, formally known as Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic. It is a service that creates auideo copies of textbooks for use by blind and dyslexic students. I use it myself for my college textbooks and it is quite a handy service to have.. Your instructor may also introduce you to software that can help you also. An example would be Dragon Naturally Speaking which allows a user to speak to a computer to inter information into a word processor or spredsheet. The class you are taking is designed to give you the tools to learn to overcome your Dyslexia. DOn't take this class for granted. The information you gain from this class will go along way toward you reaching your educational goals. And one more thing, keep a positive attitude. Remember that there is always a way around a barrier.

Answer 4

It is a psychological term.

"Any label containing phasia refers to a speech disorder; graphia refers to writing, and lexia to reading. Praxia means to work or perform purposeful actions, and gnosia means to know. If the base word is prefixed by an a, strictly speaking it means that fucntion is completely absent (e.g., agnosia means not to know); prefixed by dys, it means partial impairment (e.g., dyslexia means to have a marked reading difficulty). However, these conventions are often not adhered to, and a patient labeled as having expressive aphasia may not be totally mute but more accurately may be dysphasic."
-- -- Ogden, Jenni. Fractured Minds: A Case-Study Approach to Clinical Neurospcyholgy. New York: Oxford University Press. 1996.

Answer 5

Princess is right. Dyslexia is a term used to describe a number of learning disabilities.

Answer 6

A learning disorder marked by impairment of the ability to recognize and comprehend written words.

Answer 7

Dys(in Greek difficult) Lexia(in Greek word)

Answer 8

A learning disorder that might make a sentence look like this:
tahw erew uoy gniod tsal thgin.

Answer 9

Dyslexics Untie!!!

Did you hear about the dyslexic man who walked into a bra...

And what about the dyslexic agnostic having a crisis of faith. He was awake all night wondering if there really is a dog.

Answer 10

poor reading