Creative Child February 2018 | Page 28

special Feature Could Your Child’s Reading Difficulty Actually Be Dyslexia? How to Get Evaluated and Find Help BY: Deborah Song Dyslexia is a learning disability in reading. Kids with dyslexia might find it challenging to read accurately and fluently. But they could also have trouble with reading comprehension, spelling and math word problems. It’s important to understand that dyslexia is not an intellectual issue. Many of the world’s most accomplished people, like Albert Einstein, have been known to have dyslexia. 27