A. There is no single pattern of difficulty that affects all dyslexic people. A dyslexic person might have any of the following problems: She might see some letters as backwards or upside down; She might see text appearing to jump around on a page; She might not be able to tell the difference between letters that look similar in shape such as o and e and c ; She might not be able to tell the …
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…- but we find that often these symptoms stem from the same underlying causes as dyslexia. It is important to understand that when a dyslexic person *sees* letters or words reversed or mixed up, there is usually nothing wrong with her eyes. The problem is in the way the mind interprets what the eyes see -- like an optical illusion, except this mismatch between what illusion and reality happens with ordinary print on a page.