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This TED TALK is an excellent introduction to Dyslexia : https://youtu.be/zafiGBrFkRM

Dyslexia is a language-based learning disability. Dyslexia refers to a cluster of symptoms, which result in people having difficulties with specific language skills, particularly reading. Students with dyslexia usually experience difficulties with other language skills such as spelling, writing, and pronouncing words. Dyslexia affects individuals throughout their lives; however, its impact can change at different stages in a person’s life. It is referred to as a learning disability because dyslexia can make it very difficult for a student to succeed academically in the typical instructional environment, and in its more severe forms, will qualify a student for special education, special accommodations, or extra support services. Here is a-link to the International Dyslexia Association. : https://dyslexiaida.org/dyslexia-basics/. 

Studies of the brain are still out on how exactly the brain works. We know that some people are more number centric, and some more creative. Some learn in a traditional classroom and some learn from experience. Fortunately, when children are at the age where they are learning to read, they are all in the stage of development in which their brain is rapidly developing. This means that teaching in a right-brain-friendly manner, which is what we call "right brained" will reach all of them at once! Traditional methods of teaching reading are purely called "left-brained" and utilizing them with children who are processing on a visual processing level creates a miss-match which makes learning to read more difficult than it should be.