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Dyslexia. Dyslexia, previously known as word blindness, is a learning disability ('learning difficulty' in the UK [ 6]) that affects either reading or writing. [ 1][ 7] Different people are affected to different degrees. [ 3] Problems may include difficulties in spelling words, reading quickly, writing words, "sounding out" words in the head ...
Research in dyslexia. Dyslexia is a reading disorder wherein an individual experiences trouble with reading. Individuals with dyslexia have normal levels of intelligence but can exhibit difficulties with spelling, reading fluency, pronunciation, "sounding out" words, writing out words, and reading comprehension.
Pre-1900. Adolph Kussmaul. The concept of "word-blindness" ( German: "wortblindheit"), as an isolated condition, was first developed by the German physician Adolph Kussmaul in 1877. [ 1][ 2] Identified by Oswald Berkhan in 1881, [ 3] the term 'dyslexia' was later coined in 1887 by Rudolf Berlin, [ 4] an ophthalmologist practicing in Stuttgart ...
Definition. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke defines reading disability or dyslexia as follows: "Dyslexia is a brain-based type of learning disability that specifically impairs a person's ability to read. These individuals typically read at levels significantly lower than expected despite having normal intelligence.
The International Dyslexia Association serves individuals with dyslexia, their families, and professionals in the field. It has 9,000 members [7] and it operates with more than 40 branches [8] throughout the United States and Canada, and has global partners in twenty-one countries. [9] IDA has an all-volunteer Board of Directors.
Management of dyslexia depends on a multitude of variables; there is no one specific strategy or set of strategies that will work for all who have dyslexia.. Some teaching is geared to specific reading skill areas, such as phonetic decoding; whereas other approaches are more comprehensive in scope, combining techniques to address basic skills along with strategies to improve comprehension and ...
Sally Shaywitz. Scholia has a profile for Sally Shaywitz (Q25884184). Sally Shaywitz (born 1942) is an American physician-scientist who is the Audrey G. Ratner Professor in Learning Development at Yale University. She is the co-founder and co-director of the Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity. [ 1] Her research provides the framework for ...
Dyslexia. Dyslexia is a disorder characterized by problems with the visual notation of speech, which in most languages of European origin are problems with alphabet writing systems which have a phonetic construction. [1] Examples of these issues can be problems speaking in full sentences, problems correctly articulating Rs and Ls as well as Ms ...