Dyslexia
Dyslexia is a language-based learning disability of neurological origin. It primarily affects skills involved in accurate and fluent word reading and spelling. It is frequently associated with difficulty in phonological processing. It occurs across a range of intellectual abilities with no distinct cut off points.
It is viewed as a lifelong disability that often does not respond as expected to best practice, evidence-based classroom methods for teaching reading.
Dyslexia runs in families. 20-30% of children find reading a seriously difficult task, requiring exemplary instruction, intensive and over a long period. One in four students are unable to read at a basic level. (National Inquiry into Teaching of Literacy 2005) .