What is Dyslexia? (Short Version)

In this talk Jane Emerson provides an introduction to dyslexia. She gives an insightful view as to the causes, symptoms and effects of dyslexia as well as a view on what steps a parent may wish to take to tackle dyslexia.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• dyslexia

[jadeambo]

i have  dyslexia

[SuperDavidleslie]

its the cerebellum the coordination is messed up

[SpeakingSerpent]

"By Yale School of Medicine, Pediatric researchers at Yale School of Medicine have identified a gene on human chromosome 6 called DCDC2, which is linked to dyslexia, a reading disability affecting millions of children and adults." - they predict the gene is directly responsible for up to 20%.

[WiseGuy57]

She was right on a few issues, but she seems to fail to understand that the larger numbers of males diagnosed with dyslexia (and certain other learning disabilities), is a cultural issue, not a biological one. Basically, behaviors which mark dyslexia in a boy are more likely to be noticed than those that mark dyslexia in a girl- boys tend to respond to difficulties more aggressively than girls and thus receive more attention.

[david5767]

talk load of shit