Individuals with dyslexia may manifest a confusing set of traits. In some things, they seem absolutely brilliant while in other areas, they fail miserably. Typically they are a slow reader and have a difficult time memorizing sequences of steps. They fail miserably on a spelling test while excelling at science and mathematical concepts.
Today’s society is a text-based society as opposed to past societies that were more oral based. Somebody with dyslexia probably had minimal problems, for the most part, in a society where decoding wasn’t something they needed to worry about. However, for the past several decades, we’ve become a culture that relies on text.
Technology has been a curse on people with dyslexia in many ways because it made it easier to produce items in text. However, as time has passed, it is now easier, thanks to improvements in accessibility features in computers, for people who are print disabled. Typing combined with spellchecker helps writing along with Dragon Naturally Speaking, which transcribes a speaker’s words, and many pages are now providing auditory access to their websites.
It is important to help students use whatever they need to, to strengthen their gifts.