Confusion causes disorientation for the dyslexics

When dyslexics are confused, their natural tendency is to become disoriented and this perception of the image will become distorted.

In their disoriented state, they are able to mentally turn an object around and look at it from different viewpoints or angles. This thought process helps them develop many unique abilities and talents.

Yet, this ability can also be the foundation for a problem. Once a child starts school and tries to interpret symbols that do not produce a picture by mentally turning letters, numbers and symbols around as if looking at a picture it leads to the familiar symptoms of substitutions, omissions, reversals, or transpositions. This is how a learning difficulty develops.

Disorientation can also cause difficulty in focusing or paying attention

When a dyslexic person is confused, he becomes disoriented. When they are in this state, they can't see what they really see but see what they think they see, they can't hear what they hear but hear what they think they hear because their perceptions are distorted. As a result they make mistakes. Time sense is altered; it's either going too fast or too slow for them.