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  2. List of people with dyslexia - Wikipedia

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    Mel B (born 1975), English singer ( Spice Girls) Abhishek Bachchan (born 1976), Indian Bollywood actor. [ 9] Robert Ballard (born 1942), deep sea explorer [ 10] Ann Bancroft (born 1955), American arctic explorer. [ 11] Tanya Bardsley (born 1981), English model and reality television personality.

  3. Dyslexia - Wikipedia

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    Dyslexia. Dyslexia, previously known as word blindness, is a learning disability ('learning difficulty' in the UK [ 6]) that affects either reading or writing. [ 1][ 7] Different people are affected to different degrees. [ 3] Problems may include difficulties in spelling words, reading quickly, writing words, "sounding out" words in the head ...

  4. Category:People with dyslexia - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Bain (Orange) Joan Ball. Tanya Bardsley. Louis Barnett (chocolatier) William Robert Baxter. Gilles Bensimon. Sebastian Bergne. David Boies. Benjamin Bolger.

  5. Characteristics of dyslexia - Wikipedia

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    Dyslexia is a disorder characterized by problems with the visual notation of speech, which in most languages of European origin are problems with alphabet writing systems which have a phonetic construction. [1] Examples of these issues can be problems speaking in full sentences, problems correctly articulating Rs and Ls as well as Ms and Ns ...

  6. Reading disability - Wikipedia

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    Definition. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke defines reading disability or dyslexia as follows: "Dyslexia is a brain-based type of learning disability that specifically impairs a person's ability to read. These individuals typically read at levels significantly lower than expected despite having normal intelligence.

  7. List of disability-related terms with negative connotations

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    Disability. The following is a list of terms, used to describe disabilities or people with disabilities, which may carry negative connotations or be offensive to people with or without disabilities. Some people consider it best to use person-first language, for example "a person with a disability" rather than "a disabled person." [ 1]

  8. International Dyslexia Association - Wikipedia

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    The International Dyslexia Association serves individuals with dyslexia, their families, and professionals in the field. It has 9,000 members [7] and it operates with more than 40 branches [8] throughout the United States and Canada, and has global partners in twenty-one countries. [9] IDA has an all-volunteer Board of Directors.

  9. Management of dyslexia - Wikipedia

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    Management of dyslexia depends on a multitude of variables; there is no one specific strategy or set of strategies that will work for all who have dyslexia.. Some teaching is geared to specific reading skill areas, such as phonetic decoding; whereas other approaches are more comprehensive in scope, combining techniques to address basic skills along with strategies to improve comprehension and ...