According to the Texas Education Code (TEC), “dyslexia is a disorder of constitutional origin manifested by a difficulty in learning to read, write, or spell, despite conventional instruction, adequate intelligence, and sociocultural opportunity.”
Dyslexia is certainly hereditary. If a parent has dyslexia, there is a 1 in 5 chance the child may inherit dyslexia.
Dyslexia is not a disease! The word “dyslexia” comes from the Greek language and means ‘poor language.’ While individuals with dyslexia have trouble with reading, writing, spelling, and/or math, they have the ability to learn. We find that our dyslexic learners simply do so in a different (and oftentimes, more creative) way than others.