- published: 24 Nov 2015
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Dyslexia, also known as reading disorder, is characterized by trouble with reading despite normal intelligence. Different people are affected to varying degrees. Problems may include difficulties in spelling words, reading quickly, writing words, "sounding out" words in the head, pronouncing words when reading aloud and understanding what one reads. Often these difficulties are first noticed at school. When someone who previously could read loses their ability, it is known as alexia. The difficulties are involuntary and people with this disorder have a normal desire to learn.
The cause of dyslexia is believed to involve both genetic and environmental factors. Some cases run in families. It often occurs in people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and is associated with similar difficulties with numbers. It may begin in adulthood as the result of a traumatic brain injury, stroke, or dementia. The underlying mechanisms are problems within the brain's language processing. Dyslexia is diagnosed through a series of tests of memory, spelling, vision, and reading skills. Dyslexia is separate from reading difficulties caused by insufficient teaching; or either hearing or vision problems.
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When I awoke today
It was morning time
It seems as though it starts
Though I'm not around
I'm a dyslexic you know my kind
When I didn't know you
I couldn't quite figure it out
It was my mind against matter
But that was then
Now I'm elected
I'm looking straight into your heart
When I awoke today
It was morning time
It seems as though it starts
Though I'm not around
You've been neglected
The see-through kind
But if I didn't see you
I was looking straight down at my feet
If you felt rejected, please excuse
Cause now you're elected
You're looking straight into my heart
When I awoke today
It was morning time
It seems as though it starts