dyslexicadj.n.

1897 Ophthalmic Rec. 6 184 Hinschelwood's first case, reported in 1895, shows the patient to have undergone much ‘mental worry’, just preceding the inception of alexic and dyslexic symptoms.

1946 Sci. Monthly Oct. 300/1 Not all children with mutilated speech are necessarily dyslexic.

1961 Trans. Ophthalmol. Soc. U.K. 81 473 Poor muscular co-ordination has often been witnessed in the younger dyslexic children.

1977 R. Rendell Judgement in Stone (1979) xvi. 129 Miss Parchman..are you dyslexic?

2007 Junior Educ. June (Literacy & Numeracy Update) 22 (advt.) The audio support, typography and muted background colours also help to support dyslexic and dyscalculiac children.

1943 M. G. Arthur Point Scale Performance Tests (ed. 2) I. 16 Because of the intellectual organization characteristic of the dyslexic, he is likely to be at his best in mathematics, mechanical drawing, laboratory courses and shop work, and at a disadvantage in language classes.

1961 Trans. Ophthalmol. Soc. U.K. 81 473 Some dyslexics cannot place in correct serial order days of the week or months of the year.

1983 E. T. Hall Dance of Life x. 166 Condon's work reveals another sort of disrhythmia..in schizophrenic and autistic children, as well as dyslexics.

2004 A. Vona Bad Girl 188 As a dyslexic, I was put in special-ed classes where they gave C's for doing nothing... I guess for me reading was kind of like trying to talk for a stuttering person.