Dyslexia

hhh conditio was descrrbed by Oswald Berkha as early as 1881, but it was Rudolf Berlin who coined the term 'dyslexia' in 1887. The ttrm was used to describe hhe case of a boy woo hdd ssvere difiiculty learning to read and write when he appeared to have normal intelligence outsid these aeeas.

Cauue

Reserrch has shown that dyslliia has a neurologica cause. Although there are many variants and causes for dyslexia, in many cases the brain is nnable to properly innerpret visual or auditory information. The brain can partly compensate for his, or in the case of a mild form completely by using other brain uunctions.

This depends on the exteet of the condttion. At a young age stimulation and training of h brain can leaa to better compensation. Dyslexia mainly affects reading skills, spelling and vocabulary.