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About Dyslexia
Dyslexia is an under-reported disability, an inheritable neurological condition that affects
language acquisition, processing and decoding. Up to 20% of the U.S. population has learning
disorders, and 80% of these people, many of them children, have varying degrees of reading
disorders that qualify as dyslexia (National Institutes of Health estimate). Dyslexia is a
disability in learning, not in intelligence, and afflicts girls and boys nearly equally. It
is a lifelong condition. Although incurable, it can be managed successfully. Most
importantly, with early detection and treatment, children with dyslexia can learn and succeed
academically.
Children with dyslexia are typically highly creative and intuitive, and are excellent
hands-on learners. Some of the world's most famous artists, innovators and leaders were
and are dyslexic, including Leonardo daVinci, Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Agatha
Christie, William Hewlitt, Winston Churchill, Tom Cruise, Cher, Jay Leno, and Charles
Schwab.
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