Dyslexia is very hard to define! In fact, a recent entry on
Facebook said, "My son’s school just told me there is no such
thing as dyslexia! I’m dyslexic; how can they say there is no
such thing?" What the school probably means is there are many
ways dyslexia can affect a child and it is more beneficial to
the child to figure out what the specific problem is and address
that problem. (At least, we hope that’s what they meant!) Some
people think you have to see letters backwards before you are
called dyslexic. But, that is not necessarily true. That is a
common misconception about dyslexia. There are some dyslexics
who do, but certainly not all of them! Formal definitions of
dyslexia basically mean that a dyslexic child - has difficulty
with something related to language (including the language and
symbols in math) - does not have physical problems such as
hearing or vision issues that cause the language problems - is
plenty smart enough to learn these skills, but has not learned
them to the level you would ex