Did you know that dyslexia is not truly genetic? Thinking that dyslexia is all genetic is a cop-out. It's the disease you get from reading by sight-words. (If your baby can read by sight-words now, he'll probably struggle with reading later.) Reading should happen on the left side of the brain; sight words put it on the right side, defectively. Reading is hearing with your eyes It mentally translates the visual cues into the sounds of speech. Dyslexia is the disease you get in school and is curable by direct phonics instruction. Find out these simple steps to helping your child.