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Early intervention is key to determining the symptoms in time so as to prevent the amplification of dyslexia’s effects. Timely, effective intervention enables one to overcome such a learning disability and reach for success. Dyslexia is a common learning disorder that affects a child’s ability to read, write, and spell.

Because of dyslexia, which affects how one’s brain processes sounds and symbols, such people are highly intelligent and creative but will experience difficulties in processing language. This is not a learning disability, nor is it associated with vision impairment, but a neurodevelopment disability that needs attention at an early age. What Causes Dyslexia? It is still unknown what causes dyslexia, although studies indicate that it may well be hereditary.



It is associated with some genes to do with how the brain processes reading and language skills. Dyslexia can also be caused by the environmental factors to which a child may be exposed during the early developmental process. The following are some common indicators of dyslexia shared by Dr.

Puneet Kant Arora - Consultant and HOD Neurosurgery. Manipal Hopsital Gurugram: • Spelling basic phrases is difficult. • Having trouble learning letter names • Problems telling apart letters with similar shapes, such as “d” and “b” or “p” and “q.

” • Rhyming challenges • Aversion to reading aloud in class • Mispronouncing words • Having difficulties comprehending nursery rhymes or rhymin.

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