Can you acquire dyslexia, or do you have to be born with it?!


Question: Can you acquire dyslexia, or do you have to be born with it?
I have severe astigmatism and I've worn glasses since I was about 3. I've also had multiple eye problems since then, such as my vision randomly blacking out. But recently, as in the past six months or so, I've noticed that it's gotten harder and harder for me to read. Now I can understand if this happened while I was really tired, but it's been pretty constant, whether I'm tired or wide awake. It's gotten to the point where it's really holding me back in school. I learned to read when I was 2 1/2, and I haven't had any troubles before now, in fact I had a college-level reading level by the time I was in 4th grade. I guess what I'm trying to ask is: can a person acquire dyslexia, or do they have to be born with it?


P.S. I put this in optical because I didn't know what category to put it in.

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Dyslexia is not something that you can catch or develop unless you have had a significant injury to the head and brain, which is called trauma dyslexia.

Dyslexia, affects the way it see things, because the brain misinterprets letters, words, numbers, symbols etc, making it difficult to read, write, spell, or do maths, dyslexia can also affect the way we hear spoken words.

The causes of dyslexia can be broken down to developmental, primary and trauma dyslexia;
Developmental dyslexia is caused by hormonal development during the early stages of fetal development. Developmental dyslexia diminishes as the child matures.

Trauma dyslexia usually occurs after some type of brain trauma or injury to the area of the brain that controls reading and writing. And the person has had developed normal reading, writing abilities, but have lost them due to the injury.

Primary dyslexia is a dysfunction of the brain, rather than damage to, the left side of the brain (cerebral cortex) and does not change with maturity, and is hereditary. Individuals with this type of dyslexia may struggle with reading, spelling, and writing etc into adulthood, if the correct supports are not put in place to help them learn. And this is the more common form of dyslexia seen school age children and adults.

Have you been under any stress lately, worrying about exams, assignments or have you been unwell or not sleeping, these can cause problems with vision.

I think its important that you see your optometrist and have a full check up to see if you have had any significant changes to your eyes, and tell them what you have been experiencing, if they find no changes then you need to see your doctor to have other tests, to rule out anything sinister.

Both my daughter and I have primary dyslexia.

Youth & Disability support worker and teacher, with special interest in learning disorders, especially dyslexia.



You can't acquire dyslexia, but you may simply be undiagnosed. You need to set up an appointment with a doctor to determine the cause of your vision black-outs, as they may not be at all related to you eye sight. They would be able to get you a consultation to be tested for dyslexia if they believe you may be affected.



I think you have to be born with it, but I wouldn't doubt acquiring it.



u are born with it, a person is in my class and she told me, her mom was born with it




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