• DYSLEXIA IS: a neuro-developmental disorder with a biological origin and behavioural signs which extend far beyond problems with the written language
• DYSLEXIA IS: commonly understood as a myth, and may be regarded as merely a middleclass excuse for laziness
• DYSLEXIA IS: a disorder manifested by difficulty in learning to read, despite conventional instruction, adequate intelligence and sociocultural opportunity, and is dependent on fundamental cognitive disabilities, frequently constitutional in origin
• DYSLEXIA IS: a specific condition of primary constitutional reading difficulty which may occur electively and which, in its pure form, differs distinctively from other reading difficulties
• DYSLEXIA IS: a combination of abilities and difficulties that affect the learning process in one or more of reading, spelling or writing and may have accompanying weaknesses in processing speed, short-term memory, organization and sequencing
• DYSLEXIA IS: a developmental language disorder that involves deficits in phonological processing
• DYSLEXIA IS: an experience that arises out of natural human diversity in a world where the early learning of literacy, of good personal organization and of fast working memory are mistakenly used as markers of intelligence
• DYSLEXIA IS: a processing difference experienced by people of all ages, often characterized by difficulties in literacy, it can affect other cognitive areas such as memory, processing speed, time management, co-ordination and directional aspects
• DYSLEXIA IS: a specific learning disability, neurological in origin, characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition, poor spelling and decoding abilities, typically resulting from a deficit in the phonological component of language
• DYSLEXIA IS: a disturbance in certain linguistic functions when written language is decoded. It is expressed as difficulties in achieving an automized word recognition during reading, includes poor spelling, often runs in families and tends to persist