DYSLEXIA

Dyslexia 

What is Dyslexia?

Dyslexia is a common learning difficulty that can cause problems with reading, writing and spelling.

It's a specific learning difficulty, which means it causes problems with certain abilities used for learning, such as reading and writing.

Dyslexia is a learning difference which primarily affects reading and writing skills. However, it does not only affect these skills. Dyslexia is actually about information processing. Dyslexic people may have difficulty processing and remembering information they see and hear, which can affect learning and the acquisition of literacy skills. Dyslexia can also impact on other areas such as organisational skills. 

It is important to remember that there are positives to thinking differently. Many dyslexic people show strengths in areas such as reasoning and in visual and creative fields.

What is Dyscalculia? 

Developmental dyscalculia, like dyslexia, is one of a family of specific learning difficulties. 

Dyscalculia is a term that’s used to refer to various conditions that cause people difficulties with learning maths.

Learners with dyscalculia may have difficulty counting and understanding the relationships between numbers. They may also struggle to understand adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing.

People who have dyscalculia can still improve their maths skills – they might just need to take a different approach. A structured approach using real objects and lots of discussion is the best way for someone with dyscalculia to learn maths.