Dyslexia is not related to low intelligence - how to identify it in a child Dyslexia is not a disease, but a feature of the perception of reading skill. Children with this disorder may know letters but have difficulty reading words and understanding text. "Dyslexia should not be treated as a disease. This is a feature of the reading skill concept. It has nothing to do with the child's low intelligence or mental disabilities," emphasized Sholapan Nurakhmatova, head of the Association of Defectologists and Speech Pathologists of Kazakhstan. According to her, timely diagnosis, personal treatment and support from parents and teachers play an important role. Source: Jivek Joly.

Dyslexia is not related to low intelligence - how to identify it in a child Dyslexia is not a disease, but a feature of the perception of reading skill. Children with this disorder may know letters but have difficulty reading words and understanding text. "Dyslexia should not be treated as a disease. This is a feature of the reading skill concept. It has nothing to do with the child's low intelligence or mental disabilities," emphasized Sholapan Nurakhmatova, head of the Association of Defectologists and Speech Pathologists of Kazakhstan. According to her, timely diagnosis, personal treatment and support from parents and teachers play an important role. Source: Jivek Joly.