Chapter 2: What is Dyslexia?

IN THIS CHAPTER: 

• 2.1 The Definition of Dyslexia
• 2.2 Common Myths About Dyslexia
• 2.3 What Dyslexia Looks Like at Various Ages and Grades

Science has moved forward at a rapid pace so that we now possess the data to reliably define dyslexia...For the student, the knowledge that he is dyslexic is empowering...[It provides him] with self-understanding and self-awareness of what he has and what he needs to do in order to succeed.
Sally Shaywitz, m.d. co-director of Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity,
in testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives
Committee on Science, Space and Technology