Dyslexia is a learning disorder that affects both children and adults. Its symptoms are different with age, and severity can vary as well. Generally, people with dyslexia have difficulty breaking down words into simple sounds. They struggle to learn how sounds relate to letters and words, which leads to slow reading and poor reading comprehension. Dyslexia is often known as a reading disability. It’s most often identified in childhood when reading problems first become apparent. But dyslexia can go undiagnosed for years or even decades. Dyslexia is not connected with intelligence. It is a neurobiological disorder that affects the parts of your brain involved in language processing. Keep reading to learn more about the causes, risk factors, types and how dyslexia symptoms can vary with age, plus what symptoms to look out for and when. What is Dyslexia? Dyslexia is a learning disorder that involves difficulty reading due to problems identifying speech sounds and learning how they rela