[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_video admin_label=”Living With Dyslexia” src=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n0en_MOQ0Eg”] [\/et_pb_video][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/cognitiveneuroc\/files\/2015\/11\/Dyslexia.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” animation=”right” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”What is Dyslexia” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
Dyslexia: What is it Really?<\/strong><\/p>\n A majority of people have heard about the concept of dyslexia and I\u2019m sure most even have a friend or acquaintance that experiences it everyday. \u00a0At an early age, before we knew what was really going on, some would label the kids who struggled to read as dumb. \u00a0Little do they know that it\u2019s much more than that. Dyslexia is a deficit that hinders the development of children’s reading abilities while having no impact on their overall intelligence. \u00a0These problems with reading can include difficulties with the annunciations of various words or struggling to comprehend the information that was just read. \u00a0To clarify, this is different from alexia, in which individuals had normal reading abilities but acquired a deficit due to brain damage. \u00a0When suffering from either of the two, individuals can have difficult with annunciating words, comprehending information, and even being able to identify what words are and aren\u2019t real. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Researchers have conducted fMRI and PET scans to find what the root causes for dyslexia and have found that there is less electrical activity in parts of the brain\u2019s left hemisphere, particularly the inferior frontal gyrus, inferior parietal lobe, and the ventral temporal cortex. \u00a0Typically these areas of the brain take the letters as symbols and combine them to make words. \u00a0However, when these three areas are low in activity they have to use other areas of the brain to compensate, and in turn, experience the dyslexic difficulties. \u00a0The researchers have not confirmed, but are assuming, that genes and heredity do play a role in causing the disorder. \u00a0Statistics have shown that about 40% of the siblings of a person with dyslexia experience similar reading disabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Dog-dyslexia” src=”https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/cognitiveneuroc\/files\/2015\/11\/Dog-Dyslexia.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”right” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [\/et_pb_image][et_pb_image admin_label=”Brain GIF” src=”http:\/\/headstrongnation.org\/sites\/default\/files\/ben-foss-brain.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Inferior Parietal Lobe” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n People with dyslexia show less electrical activity in the inferior frontal gyrus, inferior parietal lobe, and the ventral temporal cortex.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Experiencing Dyslexia” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Experiencing Dyslexia<\/strong><\/p>\n So what is it exactly like to live with dyslexia? Has there ever been a time where you had to keep jumping back to a word and read it again because you either didn\u2019t process it or it was initially too complicated of a word? \u00a0Take, for instance, indefatigable. Now it\u2019s certainly not a word that you come across everyday, and I\u2019m sure a good number of people had to jump back to take a second look at it and work to process it more. \u00a0For those of you who may have had to pause and think about the word as a whole, you can sound it out like in-di-fat-i-guh-buh l and it\u2019s an adjective meaning \u201cincapable of being fatigued.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Now at an older age, we\u2019re pretty used to being able to read through sentences at a constant pace and rarely run into this type of issue. \u00a0Could you imagine having to constantly go back and sound out a word, think and understand its meaning, and then move on, only to repeat this process over and over? \u00a0To take it to another level, think about the difficulty, and maybe even embarrassment of having to read aloud in the classroom with all of your friends. \u00a0There are even some cases of dyslexia that can include symptoms that cause people to reverse letters, for instance if the word \u201cbat\u201d was on a page, they may see it as \u201cdat\u201d instead. \u00a0It\u2019s hard to believe that this can happen to your fellow classmates and you have no clue what it\u2019s like, right? \u00a0There are college students with dyslexia that even describe that they feel like they\u2019re reading at a 4th grade level once they\u2019re asked to read a sentence or paragraph for their whole class. \u00a0Take a look at the short film posted to the right for a more in-depth view of what it\u2019s like to experience dyslexia.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Can’t Spell Image” src=”https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/cognitiveneuroc\/files\/2015\/11\/Spell-dyslexia.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” animation=”fade_in” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Spacing ” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_video admin_label=”Dyslexia Short Film” src=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SaQfuxODpog”] [\/et_pb_video][et_pb_text admin_label=”Spacing” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image admin_label=”Dys exia” src=”https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/cognitiveneuroc\/files\/2015\/11\/dys-exia.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Treatment” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n How Do We Treat it?<\/strong><\/p>\n Unfortunately, there\u2019s nothing that can simply cure dyslexia because there aren\u2019t medications that influence how our brains process information. \u00a0It\u2019s not even something that you can just outgrow. \u00a0Although, there are certain things that you can help someone work around their issues, like educational therapy. \u00a0There are professionals that can teach the individuals various techniques to improve their memory, concentration, and attention. \u00a0A successful program that is gaining greater recognition daily is the Orton-Gillingham program, in which they help retrain the brain to process information in new ways. \u00a0If you\u2019re wondering how people go about this type of therapy, there is another video posted to the right as an example. \u00a0If you\u2019re not enrolled in these kind of programs, there\u2019s still other resorts. \u00a0There has even been a certain font that is designed known as the Dyslexie Font! \u00a0Take a look at the excerpt to the right to see the difference! It has been proven to make reading easier with less effort for people with dyslexia and it\u2019s used by several school, universities, speech therapists, and remedial teachers. \u00a0If you want to access and download it just go to <\/span>www.dyslexiafont.com<\/span><\/a> and you\u2019ll be able to use it for any program on your computer! \u00a0There are obviously countless individuals who had dyslexia and gone without treatment, if you\u2019re one of the many who do have it, there\u2019s no reason to worry because even Albert Einstein had it and he seemed to do pretty well for himself!<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Einstein” src=”https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/cognitiveneuroc\/files\/2015\/11\/Einstein.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [\/et_pb_image][et_pb_image admin_label=”Dyslexie Font” src=”http:\/\/editorial.designtaxi.com\/news-dyslexic1206\/1.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” \/][et_pb_image admin_label=”Spielberg” src=”https:\/\/athome.readinghorizons.com\/media\/default\/images\/blog\/uploads\/2013\/05\/steven-spielberg-dyslexia.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” animation=”right” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”References” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n References:<\/p>\n The Facts About Dyslexia. (2015.). Retrieved from http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/parents\/readinglanguage\/articles\/dyslexia\/the_facts.html<\/span><\/p>\n Lapkin, E. (2014, April 2). Understanding Dyslexia. Retrieved November 2, 2015, from http:\/\/www.lifecoach-directory.org.uk\/articles\/dyslexia-coaching.html<\/span><\/p>\n Richardson, J. (2013, October 10). It’s Called Dyslexia. <\/span>The Huffington Post<\/span><\/i>. Retrieved from http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/jamie-anne-richardson\/its-called-dyslexia_b_4074199.html<\/span><\/p>\n Shaywitz, S. (2015). I Have Dyslexia. What Does it Mean? Retrieved November 2, 2015, from http:\/\/dyslexia.yale.edu\/whatisdyslexia.html<\/span><\/p>\n Dyslexia Information Page. (2015). Retrieved from http:\/\/www.ninds.nih.gov\/disorders\/dyslexia\/dyslexia.htm<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"