{"id":3964,"date":"2014-11-03T09:05:30","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T09:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/?p=3964"},"modified":"2026-04-29T12:21:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:21:47","slug":"definition-dyslexia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/definition-dyslexia\/","title":{"rendered":"Definition of Dyslexia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ida-thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" style=\"border: 1px solid #DCDCDD;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/header-e1415263353162.png\" alt=\"International Dyslexia association\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>DEFINITION OF DYSLEXIA<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Dyslexia<\/strong> is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and\/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the phonological component of language that is often unexpected in relation to other cognitive abilities and the provision of effective classroom instruction. Secondary consequences may include problems in reading comprehension and reduced reading experience that can impede the growth of vocabulary and background knowledge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Adopted by the Board of Directors: November 12, 2002<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u201cpromoting literacy through research, education and advocacy\u201d\u2122<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The International Dyslexia Association \u00b7 40 York Road \u00b7 Fourth Floor \u00b7 Baltimore \u00b7 MD \u00b7 21204<br \/>\nTel: 410-296-0232\u00b7 Fax: 410-321-5069 \u00b7 E-mail: info@interdys.org \u00b7 Website: http:\/\/www.interdys.org<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEFINITION OF DYSLEXIA Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and\/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the phonological component of language that is often unexpected in... <br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/definition-dyslexia\/\">Continue reading...<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1985,"featured_media":16184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-what-is-dyslexia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1985"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3964"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6756,"href":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3964\/revisions\/6756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}