Dyslexia is probably the most misunderstood learning disability.  When I ask people what they think dyslexia is, they typically respond, "Reversing letters and numbers."  Even psychologists at my continuing education workshops have given this response!  This shows the widespread nature of this misunderstanding.  When the word dyslexia, is broken apart, it means difficulty (dys) reading (lexia).  So, dyslexia, is, very simply, a learning disability that affects sounding out (decoding) and...