Visual-Spatial Strength in Dyslexia: Rapid Discrimination of Impossible Figures.

From: Journal of Learning Disabilities | Date: July 1, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

There is a consensus that dyslexia is characterized by phonological impairments (Shaywitz & Shaywitz, 1999). Beyond this consensus, there is considerable disagreement about just how dyslexia should be characterized. At one end of the spectrum are those who question the validity of drawing any distinction between dyslexia and other reading disorders (Stanovich, 1994). Some researchers believe that dyslexia is best characterized simply as the lower end of the normal distribution of reading ability (Shaywitz, Escobar, Shaywitz, Fletcher, & Mukuch, 1992). If dyslexia either does not ...

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