• Question: Is it possible to be dyslexic when reading Braille?

    Asked by rafaella to Amy, Grant, Martin, Shawn, Usman on 12 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Usman Kayani

      Usman Kayani answered on 12 Mar 2013:

      Dyslexia is a learning disability that can affect many aspects which include reading and more. Reading Braille is hard itself so it would be difficult to judge whether someone is dyslexic while them reading it but you can’t be dyslexic on just one specific task like reading or writing or just reading Braille; if you are dyslexic on one thing you must be dyslexic in general and it will be apparent on a range of tasks.

      I am dyslexic myself, don’t let that get in the way of you wanting to read Braille or Science!

    • Photo: Shawn Domagal-Goldman

      Shawn Domagal-Goldman answered on 12 Mar 2013:

      Part of being a good scientist is knowing when you should say “I don’t know.” This is one of those cases… I have no idea! This is a tough question – I’m guessing some of the others in our group don’t know either! (But Usman’s answer looks great!)

      You might want to also try to the Brain Zone for this one. They might know more. 🙂

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