"I'm dyslexic so school was always
a bit tricky. I got all my exams
and degrees I just had to work harder"
- Orlando Bloom
Dyslexia is a specific
learning disability that is
neurologicalin origin.
"Dyslexia is not
due to lack of intelligence"
- Orlando Bloom
30% dyslexics
have difficulty with reversing
letters and numbers.
"Children with dyslexia have
difficulty sounding out words despite
normal or superior cognitive skills"
- Casanova et al 2009
"1 out of 5 people
suffer from dyslexia"
- S. Shaywitz, Yale Study 2003
Dyslexia is evenly
distributed among all ethnic, social,
gender demographics.
ALL dyslexics are
of average or above average
intelligence.
Dyslexia can be concurrent with
deficits in visual-motor integration,
visual perception, eye-tracking,
and working memory.
Dyslexia is NOT simply
about reversing letters and numbers,
in fact, only a fraction of dyslexics
exhibit this characteristic.
