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The Dyslexic individual's brain is organized differently so that they can bring forth both different abilities and struggles than another person. It is a genetic processing style that has the propensity to be passed along to future generations with the rate of 50%. Dyslexia affects 5% of the world's population and is not just a childhood issue as it influences the individual throughout their life and into their social interactions. You can have a dyslexic processing style and not meet criteria for diagnosis (which is based around the level of struggle the individual has to meet the testing criteria). 

Dyslexia is more complex than society recognizes and current research shows that it consists of:

• Biological traits that present uniquely for each individual - not all aspects of dyslexia influences each individual. 

• Reported more commonly in men than women (3:1).

• Difficulties in reading, spelling, and writing words and sometimes in arithmetic.

• Limitations with recognizing letters, words, and phonemes, difficulty with word recall, organization and written expression.

• Limitations with short term memory, procedural memory, and prospective memory.

• Higher mental health issues, anxiety, increased suicide and self-harm tendencies.

• Big-picture thinking, problem-solving abilities, and enhanced communication skills.

• Increased episodic memory. 

• MIND skills: material reasoning, interconnected reasoning, narrative reasoning, dynamic reasoning.

• Heightened reactions to emotional stimuli and more emotionally attuned than others. 

• Their brains are working harder than others and so they may be tired more frequently. ]

• Process language through the right side of their brain and as such experience language emotionally. 

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Diagnostic criteria for Dyslexia is based on how it negatively influences the individual: mildly, moderately and severely.

​Different ways that Dyslexia can affect the individual: phonological dyslexia, rapid naming deficit dyslexia, surface dyslexia, attentional dyslexia, and motor dyslexia.

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As you can see dyslexia is much more than just a learning or reading issue. Dyslexia affects all aspects of an individual's life as they process everything different than non-dyslexic person. Because of the Dyslexic's unique processing style they offer society so much and can bring forth tremendous compassion through their innate way of showing up in this world. It is also important to note that male and female dyslexics can present different from one another and unfortunately society and research only focuses on the male dyslexic's processing style. ​