Learners With Exceptionalities

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n and premature or prolonged labor may also account for these difficulties. Head injuries, nutritional deprivation and exposure to toxic substances can also contribute to learning disorders. (LD 2)
Dyslexia is one form of a learning disorder. Dyslexia is identified as difficulties with reading, writing, spelling and maybe even speaking. Dyslexia is a life long language processing disorder that hinders the development of oral and written language skills. Children and adults with dyslexia can by highly intelligent, however they have a neurological disorder that causes the brain to process and interpret information differently. (Dyslexia 1)
Dyslexia can have different effects on different people, depending on the severity of the learning disability and the success of efforts to develop alternate learning methods. Traditionally dyslexia causes problems with reading, writing and spelling and those problems manifest themselves differently in each person. In fact, some children with dyslexia show few signs of difficulty with early reading and writing, but have more trouble with later complex language skills, such as grammar, reading comprehension and more in-depth writing. Dyslexia can also make it difficult for people to express themselves clearly. It can be challenging for them to use vocabulary and to structure their thoughts during conversation. Others struggle to understand when people talk to them because of their difficulty processing verbal information. (Dyslexia 1)
Warning signs for dyslexia include difficulties in the following areas: phonological awareness; assigning correct sounds to letters- alone and when combined to form words; pronouncing words properly; spelling words; learning basic sequential information; reading with age-appropriate speed and accuracy; reading comprehension; answering open ended questions; organizing thoughts; and learning a foreign language. (Dyslexia 2)
Recognizing dyslexia early in life is a key ...