It's a disorder that affects at least ten percent of Canadians, robbing them of the ability to properly read text and numbers and Ingrid Poupart hopes she can make a difference.
Poupart suffers from dyslexia herself and couldn't read until she was 21 years old.
She says there are crippling self esteem issues for people with dyslexia and it is a push to overcome the fear of a teacher picking you to read a section in school, and the disappointment in learning you've failed a test you thought you passed.
Poupart's organization, Cellfield, takes a triple approach for their clients, the first time this has ever been done in the treatment for dyslexia.
Through computer programs that exercise auditory, visual, and memory, Poupart says she can have kids (usually starting at 7 or 8 years old) reading properly after ten hours.
Two weeks later, through continue efforts at Cellfield, those same children are reading and finishing difficult chapter books.
For more information on Cellfield, you can visit their website.
