What is dyslexia?
Dyslexia is a hidden disability that not only affects literacy development but can also have an impact on mathematics, memory, organisation and sequencing skills to varying degrees. Dyslexia can occur at any level of intellectual development. It is biological in origin and is seen to run in families. It affects up to 10% of the UK population at some level and can affect anyone of any age and background.
Who are we?
Dyslexia Action is a national charity that improves lives through education. We are the UK’s leading provider of services and support for people with dyslexia and literacy difficulties and specialise in assessments, teaching and training. We also develop and distribute teaching materials and undertake research. We have 25 centres and 97 teaching locations around the UK.
Over the past 12 months 96% of our learners demonstrated an improved score in at least 1 of the 4 areas they were taught in.
• 61% of pupils improved their score in reading.
• 85% improved in phonics (sounding out words).
• 71% improved in spelling.
• 71% improved in passage comprehension
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