Your child may sometimes write the word "dog" with two o's in the middle instead of one, and other times "dgo" or perhaps "bog." Then know this: Spelling the same word wrong in different ways is a red ...

Dyslexia is a common developmental disorder, affecting around 7% of the global population. It is characterized by ...

Brain images of children with dyslexia taken before they received spelling instruction show that they have different patterns of neural activity than do good spellers when doing language tasks related ...

Genetics, audio processing and environment can all impact how our brains connect sounds to the symbols we use to read ...

It's estimated that anywhere from three to seven percent of school-age children may have dyslexia, a neurodevelopmental issue that affects reading, spelling, and writing. There are different ideas ...

When Sean Slattery, 17, looks at a page of text, he can see the letters. He can tell you the letters’ names. He can even tell you what sounds those letters make. But it often takes a while for the ...

Instead of waiting for a child to experience reading delays, scientists now say they can identify the reading problem even before children start school, long before they become labeled as poor ...

The vast majority of school-aged children can focus on the voice of a teacher amid the cacophony of the typical classroom thanks to a brain that automatically focuses on relevant, predictable and ...