Dyslexia - Potential Challenges, Strengths and Skills

Dyslexia - Potential Challenges, Strengths and Skills

This map gives an overview of the challenges that can face people with Dyslexia together with the positive strengths and skills they may have as a result of having the condition.

It is estimated that about 10% of the population have Dyslexia to some degree. It affects people in different ways so no two people with the condition will have exactly the same set of challenges, skills and strengths

Dyslexia is commonly associated with reading writing and spelling difficulties but, as the map shows, it can affect people in other ways including learning and communicating with others.

The following websites can provide more detailed information:

http://www.youngscot.org/info/178-dyslexia-what-is-it
http://www.dyslexiascotland.org.uk/what-is-dyslexi
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Dyslexia/Pages/Introduction.aspx
http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/

Links checked and updated November 2018