Dyslexia is brain-based learning disability that specifically affects a person's ability to read, write and spell (Guerin & Male, 2006). Students with dyslexia may exhibit weaknesses in reading and languages at school, yet they are often particularly strong in other areas.
Research has shown that children begin developing dyslexia as early as at their mothers’ sixth month of pregnancy. Dyslexia develops when neurons in the cerebral cortex of the brain migrate and form abnormal connections to different areas in the brain (Bassick & Guth, 1997).
Students with dyslexia typically struggle with (Bassick & Guth, 1997):
• Reversing or missequencing words such as b for d, forming words such as “abertisement” instead of “advertisements.”
• Perceiving or pronouncing written words
• Understanding spoken words
• Handwriting
• Spelling
• Written Language
• Math Computation
Although the so-called “rewiring of the brain” that causes deficiencies in students’ abilities to recognize the sound structure of words, it also often causes students with dyslexia to be gifted in areas such as the arts and sciences.
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