Diagnosis is an important step for any illness, disease or condition. In some cases, a diagnosis can shed some insight into the areas requiring medical treatment. Surgeries or drugs may be prescribed to essentially cure a person. In other cases, the diagnosis may simply help people understand what they’re up against and how to manage, [...]

It is estimated that as many as 1 person in every 10 has some form of dyslexia, yet the vast majority of individuals have never been tested or diagnosed with an adult learning disability. Even so, people like Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Orlando Bloom, Cher and Whoopie Goldberg are/were dyslexic. For some, dyslexia can lead [...]

Dyslexia screening is sometimes administered in school settings for children who seem to be struggling with reading, writing and spelling. However, there are few standardized tests that are used across the United States that definitively identify children with this learning disability. In some circles, the existence of dyslexia in adults may even be debated, just [...]