Dyslexia is a learning difficulty that impairs hand skills, short term memory and perception. Dyslexia children have difficulty remembering numbers or what the teacher was saying just a few minutes ago. The problem also involves difficulty placing things in their right order. A sufferer will have a problem placing the letters in their right order in a word or listing the days of the week in their right order. As you can imagine, the problem can be frustrating not only to those around the sufferer, but more importantly, to the sufferer. It can even be more challenging if the sufferer was once an avid and a fluent reader who did not need help from anyone in order to understand things around them.

Researchers, while studying how the problem affects the brain, have discovered the amazing capabilities of this marvelous organ. While a sufferer may have difficulties with words and language or numbers, he or she may still be a position to converse well and even maintain his or her sharp intellectual abilities. It is interesting how the brain processes visual and sound signals that it receives. In some cases, a sufferer may have a problem with only certain words; say only shorter ones while longer ones do not give him or her a problem. It can be challenging to identify dyslexia in children, especially those at the early stages of life, say about seven or eight years. This is because these children may exhibit normal intelligence while still having a problem with say writing, reading and spelling. In most cases, teachers tend to label these kids as lazy, stupid or slow. However, contrary to this, the dyslexia children may be struggling to learn. Because of the problem, these children try to write mirror images of letters they are seeing thus causing them great difficulties.

So how can a person help dyslexia children to cope with this difficulty? Since this is a learning difficulty, it is important that teachers recognize this and spend time with the pupils and really make an effort to help them. They can do this by offering commendation for any progress achieved. They can also strive to make reading an enjoyable experience for the sufferer. In a more practical way, a dyslexic can for example hold a marker pen and a ruler under the lines he or she is reading to avoid their attention from slipping. All in all, persevering in reading, writing and spelling properly will help dyslexia children overcome their frustrations. 

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