A Q&A on Dyslexia Mother, Baby & Child Magazine asks specialist paediatrician Dr Lali Pataridze frequently asked questions on a condition unbeknownst to many has plagued even the genius minds Thomas Edison, Pierre Curie and Albert Einstein, as well as the Hollywood icons John Lennon, Tom Cruise and Keanu Reeves…
the most common learning disability in children. It is caused by an impairment in the brain’s ability to translate images received from the eyes or ears into understandable language. Children with dyslexia have difficulty in learning to read despite traditional instruction, at least average intelligence, and an adequate opportunity to learn. This means that despite having normal intelligence dyslexia sufferers read at levels significantly lower than expected.”
manifested by difficulty in learning to
Q: What difficulties do children with dyslexia have to go through? A: “Auditory problems in dyslexia
read despite conventional instruction,
encompass a variety of functions.
adequate intelligence and socio-cultural
Commonly, a child may have difficulty
opportunity”. This condition is a brain-
remembering or understanding what
based type of learning disability and is
he hears. Recalling sequences of things
defines dyslexia as “a disorder
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Q: Kindly define Dyslexia and why do some children have it? A: “The World Federation of Neurology