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Learning difficulties

A learning disability affects the way a person learns new things throughout their life. A learning disability is different for everyone

03 June 2024

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Dyslexia

The word 'Dyslexia' means 'a difficulty with words', and its most common characteristic is difficulty with reading, writing and spelling.

Dyslexia affects the way the brain works. It is not a medical condition like a disease or illness, it's a problem with the way the brain processes information. Perhaps the best way to describe it is that the connections in the brain have been wired-up differently, so that it processes information in a different way.

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