Dyslexia

Dyslexia is a common learning impairment. It is actually a group of different problems centering around how the brain sees written words and/or numbers although there are many different permeations.

Dyslexia
Generally this refers to problems with spelling, and words in general. Many dyslexics spell very simple words wrongly, or pronounce longer words incorrectly. Currently it is picked up on quite well in schools, and dyslexic children are given extra help to bring their writing skills up to the standards of their peers.

Dysgraphia
This is the name given to the poor reading skills exhibited by many dyslexic people. The brain cannot read from left to right and top to bottom across a page. For some people this becomes so bad that they consider themselves incapable of reading, and never learn properly. For those with a less extreme form it can lead to amusing incidents when you think you see a completely incongruous word in the middle of a sentence (for example "Pink Elephant" in the middle of a rather dull paragraph about statistics).

Other types of dyslexic disorders include discalculaea (problems with numbers) and Dyspraxia (problems with memory and balance).