Ten to 15% of the US school population has dyslexia. Dyslexics have an inherited neurological difference, resulting in language, perceptual, processing, and attention/concentration differences. Yet only 5% of individuals with dyslexia are ever properly diagnosed and given appropriate help, so over 85% of adult illiterates are dyslexic. This lack of literacy limits their ability to become successful, productive adults, find jobs, or function independently within their communities. Yet, with the proper recognition and intervention, dyslexics become successful individuals using their talents and skills to enrich our society.

Dyslexia is a language disability, not a reading disability, so not only does it affect the ability to learn to read, write, and spell by conventional methods, it affects the ability to communicate in more subtle ways. Dyslexics have processing, perceptual, and attention/concentration problems. The majority of ADD individuals are also dyslexic.

Learning to read can be a problem for individuals with dyslexia or ADD.
What reading approaches
will not work

What is required in the reading approach for dyslexics to become efficient readers
Basal reader
Straight phonics
Whole word
Whole language/language experience

Individualized instruction
Multisensorial techniques
Intensive phonics
Synthetic phonics
Linguistic
Meaning based
Systemic and sequential
Cumulative
Process oriented
Other problems caused by dyslexia/ADD:
Level of production and work varies from day to day
Sequencing difficulties
"Losing" time, problems prioritizing, completing tasks, wasting time
Takes spoken or written language literally -- problems with generalization, applying information to new or different situations
Poor memory -- quick learner but quick forgetter
Difficulty following oral directions and remembering what they have been told
 

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