By Maria McGeoghan
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Wondering what on earth that is all about? Can't make head nor tail of it?
Well spare a thought for dyslexics, who have to cope with such jumbles every day of their lives.
Their minds transpose letters and scramble words and numbers, making even the simplest of sentences difficult.
For those of us who have never come across dyslexia, it looks like bottom-of-the-class' stuff.
The term "learning disability" describes a neurobiological disorder in which a person's brain works or is structured differently. These differences interfere with a person's ability to think and remember. Learning disabilities can affect a person's ability to speak, listen, read, write, spell, reason, recall, organize information, and do mathematics.
The term "learning disability" describes a neurobiological disorder in which a person's brain works or is structured differently. These differences interfere with a person's ability to think and remember. Learning disabilities can affect a person's ability to speak, listen, read, write, spell, reason, recall, organize information, and do mathematics.
A person is not dyslexic and is not attention deficit disorder. We can have dyslexia or ADD, just as you may have blue eyes or brown hair or asthma. They are conditions that are parts of us, but none define us.
The term "learning disability" describes a neurobiological disorder in which a person's brain works or is structured differently. These differences interfere with a person's ability to think and remember. Learning disabilities can affect a person's ability to speak, listen, read, write, spell, reason, recall, organize information, and do mathematics.
Because learning disabilities cannot be seen, they often go undetected.