For years, no one knew what caused dyslexia, which afflicts 10% of the population. It can now be proved that dyslexia is not a visual impairment but have developed ways to identify exactly where the order takes place in the brain. Through the work of researchers and educators, better methods of diagnosis will enable the treatment of at-risk children before reading problems appear. "Reading is a uniquely human endeavor whose importance to society in this century …showed first 75 words of 3429 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3429 total…fail, in order to be identified," Hodge notes (Hodge, 1997) 5. Recent dyslexia research has put educators on the path of discovery. With more information available regarding the downfalls of dyslexia, teachers will be able to spend more and more time developing the talents of their students as well as their reading skills. By identifying the problem as biological, doctors have narrowed their areas of research and are forging ahead to find more information regarding the disability.