Dyslexia
 
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Dyslexia
 
 
 
 
Dyslexia is a cognitive language disorder of development. Dyslexia simply means "difficulty with words" - Dys - difficult and lexia - words.
Definition of Dyslexia
The world federation of Neurology defines dyslexia as

"A disorder manifested by difficulties in learning to read, despite conventional instruction, adequate intelligence and socio cultural opportunity."
Occurance of Dyslexia
It is estimated that in India about 10% of the school going children are dyslexics. It is more prevalent among boys than among girls in the ratio of 4:1