Myth: Children with dyslexia are not as intelligent as
their successful peers.
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Reality: Dyslexia is not related to low intelligence. It is
now known that Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill all outstandingly brilliant in their lifetime were
dyslexic.
A
child’ intelligence is not affected by dyslexia. Dyslexia is a condition in
which the core deficit is in the area of phonological awareness (awareness of
speech sounds). This core deficit in
turn affects a child’s reading fluency despite adequate reading instruction at
school.
Studies
have now revealed that dyslexic children with or without substantial discrepancies
in their reading abilities and intelligence measures have similar difficulties
in information processing, neurological processing, genetic and physiological
processing systems. Reading and IQ development are dynamically linked over time
in typical readers. But interrelationships were not found in dyslexic readers.
These findings suggest that reading and cognition develop more independently in
dyslexics.
It
is important to understand why reading skills develops differently across
individuals because poor reading performance negatively impacts academic
progress, the ability to enjoy literature and can create frustration, anxiety
and a sense of low self-esteem.
Not
all children with dyslexia will become extraordinarily gifted individuals or
brilliant scientists or outstanding politicians but they have to the potential
to learn. Early identification and adequate remedial support will ensure that
children with dyslexia lead satisfying lives.
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