Dyslexia Assessment South West

Dyslexia is primarily a learning difference that impacts on the ease with which an individual develops reading and spelling accuracy and fluency. It also influences the efficiency with which the brain processes information and can impact on tasks such as sequencing and ordering information and structuring and organising written work. Having dyslexia can mean that an individual struggles to remember information they have been told and finds it hard to always retain learning. It can also mean that even when an individual with dyslexia has developed their reading and spelling accuracy that they lack automaticity and fluency and the speed with which they can carry out and complete tasks. This can create particular challenge in the school environment when activities are time limited and in exam scenarios when reading and writing has to be completed against the clock. It is generally accepted that learners with dyslexia benefit from early identification and the use of targeted strategies and intervention to address challenges wth literacy.

Individuals with dyslexia can also have particular strengths, often in the creative and visual sphere. Some employers now actively recruit individuals with dyslexia because they problem solve in different ways to non-dyslexic individuals.