Dyslexia Assessment Services (North East)

 

 

What is Dyslexia?

 

 

The British Dyslexia Association

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 'Dyslexia is a specific learning difficulty 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 organisation skills.

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  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'.

 

(BDA 2026)

 

Dyslexia affects approximately 10% of the population to varying degrees.

 

( Source -  Dyslexia Action 2014)