Orton-Gillingham. Dyslexia Research. Dyslexia the Gift. Information and Resources for Dyslexia. The International Dyslexia Association Promoting literacy through research, education and advocacy. Dyslexia. Dyslexia, or developmental reading disorder,[1] is characterized by difficulty with learning to read fluently and with accurate comprehension despite normal or above-average intelligence.[2][3][4] This includes difficulty with phonological awareness, phonological decoding, processing speed, orthographic coding, auditory short-term memory, language skills/verbal comprehension, and/or rapid naming.[5][6][7] Dyslexia is the most common learning difficulty[8] and most recognized reading disorder.
There are other reading difficulties that are unrelated to dyslexia. Classification[edit] Health - Developmental reading disorder.