This document discusses dyslexia, providing information on what it is, how it affects people, and strategies for helping those with dyslexia. It states that dyslexia is the most common learning difficulty found in schools, affecting around 5-10% of people. Dyslexia can cause difficulties with reading, writing, spelling, sequencing and short term memory. The document explores how dyslexic individuals may feel frustrated or have low self-esteem. It also lists strengths of dyslexic people, such as being artistic, imaginative, or good at sports. Finally, the document discusses famous individuals who achieved success despite having dyslexia or other learning difficulties.

1. The presentation
today is about
Dyslexia

2. DyslexicsDyslexics

3.  Dyslexia is the most common special educational need
found in schools
 Numerous statistics indicate that about 5% of the
population are severely dyslexic. It is severe enough for
them to need special help during their school careers.
 10% of people show some dyslexic tendencies.

4. It can cause difficulties in one or more of
the following areas:
 spoken language
 reading
 writing
 maths

5. What is Dyslexia?
Reading Handwriting
Spelling
Dyslexia
Sequencing
Copying
from the
board
Short
Term
Memory
Organising
Self
esteem

6. How do we feel?
 Dumb
 Embarrassed
 Everybody else is better than you
 Slow
 Frustrated
 Anxious

7. How do we sometimes behave?
 Shout and misbehave
 Have a go at everyone
 Just want to sit there don’t want to do nothing
 Stubborn
 Chew pen
 Bite nails

8. Sometimes my eyes go
funny and I can’t see
them – it looks like
they are going wavy
and they get mixed up
and small words look
like black things with
white in between.

9. What are we like?
Hard to do
more than
one thing at a
time
Disorganised
Clumsy ‘I
can trip
over my
own feet’.
Messy
Easily
distracted
Forgetful
Hard to
concentrate

13. However, what school subjects
are we good at?
 Art
 Drama
 Music
 Sport
 Design Technology
 Maths
 Science

14. Strengths of dyslexic people
Musical
Good at
sport
Thinking
Dramatic
Artistic
Good at
Design Good at making
things
Talkative
Sociable
Imaginative
Creative

15. How do we help dyslexic people?
 A well structured reading
and spelling programme
that is multi-sensory.
 Use of coloured overlays
 Highlight key words
 Use post-it notes to
organise ideas

16.  Use a computer to do
school work especially
extended pieces of
writing.
 Use mind maps to
record work and to
revise for exams.

19. Famous people with
learning disabilities

20. Albert Einstein
 Could not talk until age 4.
 Could not read until age 9.
 His teachers considered him mentally slow ,
unsociable and a dreamer.
 Failed college entrance examinations.
 Lost three teaching positions.

21. Tom cruise
 Huge success in entertainment field.
Can only learn lines by listening tape
He has been formally diagnosed with
dyslexia.

22. Grey Luganis
 Has extreme difficulty in reading.
 At a young age he was considered clumsy.
 Became one of the most famous divers in the
world.
 Won gold medals in 1984 and 1988 Olympics.

23. Winston Churchill
 Famous statesman
 Failed 8th
grade
 Terrible in math and disliked school
 Famous quotes : “A lie gets halfway
around the world before the truth has a
chance to get its pants on”

24. Cher
Famous entertainer
Achieved success in two major fields.
Because of math learning disability she
can not remember phone numbers or
balance a checkbook.

25. WALT DISNEY
 He was slow in school
 Had a vivid imagination which his
teachers considered a distraction.
 He was destined to become head of one
of the largest theme parks in the world.

26. Woodrow Willson
 was the 28th
president of the united states
As a young boy, had great difficulty in
reading
Unable to read well his whole life
Was extremely successful in politics

27. Thank you