[ELI5] What exactly is dyslexia?
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Dyslexia is a condition that affects your understanding of visual symbols, basically. Since writing is basically a bunch of visual symbols of sounds and words all put together, dyslexic folks often have a harder time reading.
Some fonts (like Comic Sans) can make it easier for dyslexic people to tell the difference between letters that are otherwise very similar (like d and b).
I have the opposite condition (hyperlexia) and it resulted in me teaching myself how to read when I was 2, which led to my parents believing I was a super-genius and really screwed up my social and educational experience growing up.
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