Dyslexia is not a learing disability but a common learning difficulty that mainly causes problems with reading, writing and spelling.
It's a specific learning difficulty, which means it causes problems with certain abilities used for learning, such as reading and writing.
Unlike a learning disability, intelligence isn't affected.
It's estimated up to 1 in every 10 people in the UK has some degree of dyslexia.
Further advice can be found on the NHS website.
Children
Please note that diagnosis and managment of dyslexia in children is a role for the school and educational psychologist and referrals are not accepted by general or community paediatrics.
Adults
Adults (or children who are outside of the school system) can contact a national or local dyslexia association for help arranging an assessment. A GP referral is not required.
The British Dyslexia Association (BDA) has an individual assessment service for children and adults.
Universities and colleges should also offer support.
Efforts are made to ensure the accuracy and agreement of these guidelines, including any content uploaded, referred to or linked to from the system. However, BNSSG ICB cannot guarantee this. This guidance does not override the individual responsibility of healthcare professionals to make decisions appropriate to the circumstances of the individual patient, in consultation with the patient and/or guardian or carer, in accordance with the mental capacity act, and informed by the summary of product characteristics of any drugs they are considering. Practitioners are required to perform their duties in accordance with the law and their regulators and nothing in this guidance should be interpreted in a way that would be inconsistent with compliance with those duties.
Information provided through Remedy is continually updated so please be aware any printed copies may quickly become out of date.