ABSTRACT
The ability to speak is believed to be an inborn function of the brain, like walking and breathing. Writing is about 4,000 years old and the human brain has not had time to evolve so that it acquires these skills naturally. Many children swiftly overcome early troubles with literacy. Estimates of the prevalence of dyslexia vary, but it has been proposed that approximately 10% of the population have mild dyslexia and about 4% have more severe difficulties with literacy. The British Dyslexia Association added an additional paragraph to the Rose Report definition which effectively widens the definition even further. It states:In addition to these characteristics:The British Dyslexia Association (BDA) acknowledges the visual and auditory processing difficulties that some individuals with dyslexia can experience and points out that dyslexic readers can show a combination of abilities and difficulties that affect the learning process.
