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Dyslexia is a neurological condition that affects
somewhere around 10-15 out of every 100 people. Amongst Adults, only about 5 out of
every 100 are ever tested, identified, fully diagnosed and helped. This would
indicate that most probably 5-10 adults out of every 100 are undiagnosed
dyslexics.
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Dyslexia affects one's ability to effectively see, especially to
convert symbols on paper into letters and words or to convert them into the sounds of spoken words.
With dyslexics, their eyes see just fine, but the brain appears to have difficulty interpreting the
signals from the eyes into words, ideas and sounds.
No two cases of dyslexia are exactly alike. The exact problem and
its severity vary widely from person to person. It ranges from a mild hindrance to severe
disabilities.
School age children are now routinely screened for dyslexia. Once
identified they are then tested fully, diagnosed in detail and set on the correcy path to learning
for dyslexics. Dyslexics are just as bright as anyone else (more so, some say) but they just
learn differently and need to be taught differently, that's all.
Those of us who finished grade school more than about 15 years
ago, when widespread dyslexia testing became the rule rather than the exception, were just out of
luck. Dyslexics were ridiculed, called names like "retard", treated as mentally dificient. They
suffered and were scarred from this. They learned to hide their differences.
They avoided ever having to read aloud, avoided having to
manipulate numbers or symbols. They took jobs that would appear to be below those which their
intelligence and abilities would indicate. All this in order to hide their differences caused by
dyslexia.
The only way to detect dyslexia for sure is through a dyslexia
test. Once that was a pretty big deal, required going one on one with a trained expert, cost a lot
of money.
Recently, a test prepared by experts and now certified as
accurate, has become available online. It is only for adults (16 or older), is currently only
available in English. It takes about half an hour and costs less than dinner for two at a
medium-good restaurant.
Since it is online it can be taken anywhere, anytime. It does not
matter where you are in the World. All you need is a computer and an Internet connection.
Immediately afterward you get a copy of the complete written analysis, showing the test results in
detail.
If you are not dyslexic, you will know right away. If you are, you
will know that you have a problem, generally in what area and approximately to what severity. That
could lead to more specific and detailed testing, but just knowing that there is a problem, puts
you immediately on the road to overcoming dyslexia.
Might you or someone you know be one of the undiscovered adult
dyslexics out there? Why not get tested and find out?
Once diagnosed dyslexics can be taught how to learn and do
practically anything that non-dyslexics do. Any dyslexic problem can be drastically reduced or
overcome completely. There is even a "gift of dyslexia", special abilities that come into play once
the problems are overcome. Take the test. It could be a life-changing experience.
Jorge G. Chavez 
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