Dyslexia

Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Records; Cher, the singer; Whoopi Goldberg and Tom Cruise, both Hollywood actors all have some thing in common. Yes, they are extremely famous, successful and rich but that's not all. They all have a learning disability or problem called 'dyslexia'. They have all talked about their life experiences and how they deal with 'dyslexia' to try and help the many children and adults around the world who suffer from the same problem.
A definition of 'dyslexia' is 'a reading disorder in which people jumble letters'. That means people with 'dyslexia' read the word 'dog' when the word is really 'god' or they confuse the words 'say' and 'may'. Dyslexics have difficulty reading, spelling and writing and sometimes even problems with maths, memory and organizational skills.Scientists have no idea why people suffer from this learning disability but they do think it has something to do with the way the brain develops and the connections in the brain.
In most developed countries about 5 percent of schoolchildren have learningdisabilities and 80 percent of this figure has some kind of 'dyslexia'. Many of these kids are called 'dumb' or 'stupid' at school but actually they are probably as smart as the other kids. Their only problem is that they cannot learn with traditional teaching methods because of the 'dyslexia'. Dyslexics cannot be 'cured', reading and writing causes them some difficulty all their life but if they have special teaching and tutoring they can learn to manage their problem.