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Growing up Dyslexic

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I am dyslexic. There are times when a written or spoken word makes absolutely no sense to me, or I'll "process" it as something totally off the wall. My mother thinks I am really funny (meaning comedienne) because of some of the things I say as a result of brain mis-processing.


     
     
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Nerve Disorganization May Spur Form of Dyslexia

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Disorganized, meandering tracts of nerve fibers in the brain may cause a form of dyslexia marked by slow and choppy reading fluency, U.S. researchers report.

There are different forms of dyslexia, which affects 5 percent to 15 percent of children.