It's the most common learning disability, yet it's still hard to answer the question: What is it? Dyslexia is a reading problem, but its influence can be felt far beyond the classroom. It often disrupts home life, making dinnertime and bedtime a struggle. Scientists are exploring how human brains learn to read — and discovering new ways that brains with dyslexia can learn to cope. Many believe dyslexia is about jumbled letters, but experts say that's not quite right.
Click below on series from NPR's All Things Considered.
Part 1 - Millions Have Dyslexia, Few Understand It
Part 2 - How Science is Rewiring the Dyslexic Brain
Part 3 - Raising a Child with Dyslexia: Three Things Parents Can Do
Part 4 - Dyslexia: The Learning Disability That Must Not Be Named
'B' And 'D' Learning Process Debunks Dyslexia Jumbled-Letters Myth (Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday)