What can be done to help people with dyslexia?

Re examine and dispel some of the popular 'myths' about the condition; they do a diservice to anyone with the condition.


Research has demonstrated that dyslexia can in fact be found across the whole range of intelligence, although it may be more easily recognised in a child who otherwise appears to be highly talented.

Dyslexia is not 'the affliction of geniuses'

Statistically many talented people may also be dyslexic (or suffer from a combination of specific learning difficulties) unfortunately many 'great minds' also suffered from bi polar disorders or clinical depression - I have yet to hear anyone describe thses as 'gifts'

There is little to no proof that some of the historical figures usually quoted as dyslexics actually were, certainly it is unlikely any of them actually took any of the tests that might have determined this.

For example a 30-year-old paper published by the University of North Carolina claimed Einstein had certain traits, such as strephosymbolia, which indicate that he MIGHT have been dyslexic seems to have been the origin of some spurious claims which don't seem to be in accordance with any biography

Although he was slow to begin to talk by the time he was seven his mother wrote "Yesterday Albert received his grades, he was again number one"
In fact Einstein was already 8 and a top student in a Catholic elementary school when the term dyslexia was first used in a monograph by Rudolf Berlin.

What helps me?

That little message on Google that says
'did you mean......' :)
and a spell check set to UK English.