From ADHD to dyslexia, diagnoses that affect how people learn often lead to serious academic challenges that can breed frustration and mask students’ true potential. But increasingly, such learning ...

Since its discovery in the 1890s, dyslexia has been described as a disorder of reading and writing. Its founder, W. Pringle Morgan, called it a “congenital defect.” But what if the disorder label ...

Dyslexia is the inability to relate the sounds of words with the letters that create the words. It’s considered a learning disability, but it has no relation to intelligence. It also has no relation ...

Part 4 of our series, "Unlocking Dyslexia." Megan Lordos, a middle school teacher, says she was not allowed to use the word "dyslexia." She's not alone. Parents and teachers across the country have ...

Dyslexia is a common learning difficulty that most of us know for causing problems with writing, reading and spelling. But it is more than this, and can affect people in many different ways. School is ...

“If you have dyslexia, you have a superpower,” says Gaby Edwards, a speech language pathologist at The Odyssey School just outside Baltimore. “Because in order to be diagnosed with dyslexia, your ...

Learning disorders can affect a person more than you might imagine. Someone struggling with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), for instance, may struggle with impulsive behaviors such as ...

Aspiring actors with dyslexia might feel a little uneasy about auditions and performances—especially the dreaded cold read. But although acting with dyslexia presents a unique set of challenges, it ...

Doctors typically diagnose dyslexia when a person is in childhood. However, dyslexia often continues into adulthood. In some cases, diagnosis may not happen until later in life. Dyslexia is a learning ...