| Many dyslexics function entirely well in social and professional situations, to the extent that many lay people may be unaware that they have any condition at all. |
| These trends were based solely on measures used to classify dyslexics into subtypes. |
| Prof Elliott believes poor readers want to be called dyslexic because of the widespread perception that dyslexics are generally intelligent. |
| While the St Oswald's unit caters for severe dyslexics, less severe cases are catered for in mainstream education at schools across the city. |
| That is why dyslexics tend to reverse the order of letter features, thus confusing d with b and p with q, and to transpose the order of letters within words. |
| Gardner adds that dyslexics need a systematic and redundant way of learning and remembering new things. |
