What is dyslexia?

Dyslexia is a broad term defining a learning disability that impairs a person's fluency or accuracy in being able to read, speak, or spell which can manifest itself as delayed language production, speech articulation difficulties, and difficulty remembering names of letters, number and colors.

How do members experience dyslexia?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with dyslexia*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for dyslexia*

Who has dyslexia on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 4
20s 33
30s 60
40s 56
50s 44
60s 28
70+ 6

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 77
Female 147