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People with dyslexia can bring unique strengths and advantages to the workplace By Sarah Rahimi

Dyslexia is the most common learning disability in the world , and up to 15 to 20 percent of the population has a language-based learning disability . If you don ’ t have dyslexia yourself , you likely know someone who does .

Dyslexia is characterized by difficulties with reading , writing and spelling . Like other learning disabilities , people with dyslexia process information and learn differently .
Though learning disabilities are often characterized as a childhood issue , they are lifelong conditions that follow
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