Dyslexia is a specific learning disability. This means that it is a learning disability that affects a specific area of function, in this case reading, and is not correlated with a person’s general intelligence. Many bright and successful people have dyslexia. Receiving proper support allows individuals to overcome the obstacles that dyslexia creates, allowing them to realize their potential.

People with dyslexia struggle to decode language. They have difficulties translating print to speech and speech to print. In order to read and write, different brain regions must learn to communicate with one another, and this is not something that happens naturally. Reading must be taught. Research tells us that up to 20% of the population has difficulty in learning to read and can benefit from structured literacy therapy.

While there are certain neurobiological characteristics associated with dyslexia, and dyslexia does seem to have a hereditary component, having dyslexia is not at all abnormal. People with dyslexia often feel embarrassed or ashamed about their reading difficulty, so it is important for everyone know that having reading difficulty is not at all abnormal, and is not at all invalidating.

Based on over 6000 studies from the past 50 years, we now have a better understanding than ever before on how the brain learns to read, and how to build the cognitive networks that reading requires. It is our pleasure to help our clients discover that they too can become readers.