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DyslexiaHailey Klemenok
Mrs. ReidPhysical Science 6*
Spring 2010
What is Dyslexia?
• Dyslexia is a learning disability that shows itself in reading comprehension, decoding and fluency.
• only a small percent of the population is affected by Dyslexia, 5-17% of all people.
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It’s a family trait
• Contrary to what people say and are told dyslexia is NOT a disease. Its a condition you are born with. Often its runs in families and is a common family trait.
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Learning Disabilities
• Learning disabilities are problems that affect people the ways people review, store, and use information.
• Learning disabilities can be diagnosed at an early age when teachers and parents notice when a child has trouble paying attention and doing school work, or later on as a teenager when life gets more stressful and your brain takes on more and can’t process it all normally anymore.
FUN FACTS
• People with Dyslexia are usually found to be average or above average intelligent.
• Walt Disney was Dyslexic.
• There’s no cure for Dyslexia. Most people just learn to work around it.
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Famous Figures With Dyslexia
• Tom Cruise
• Magic Johnson
• Franklin Roosevelt
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BibliographyBibliography
• http://photobucket.com/images/
• http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/cedir/kidsweb/fpwdinfo.html
• http://kidshealth.org/teen/school_jobs/school/dyslexia.html#