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dyslexia
dyslexia (dis-leks-ia) n. a developmental disorder selectively affecting a child's ability to learn to read and write. The condition can create serious educational problems. It is sometimes called
specific d.,
developmental reading disorder, or
developmental word blindness to distinguish it from acquired difficulties with reading and writing. Compare
alexia.
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dyslexic adj.
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Dyslexia Association Identifies Dyslexia Warning Signs, Facts and Myths as Part of "National Dyslexia Awareness Month".
Business Wire; 10/2/2009; 700+ words
; Mass. Branch of the International Dyslexia Association Urges Education and Early...millions of individuals who have overcome dyslexia to become successful in later life...all individuals in the U.S. may have dyslexia or a related learning disorder. October...
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Dyslexia Action calls for urgent investment to stem UK reading crisis.
M2 Presswire; 9/28/2006; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-28 September 2006-Dyslexia Action: Dyslexia Action calls for urgent investment to stem UK reading...1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:02102006 Dyslexia Action, the UK's largest dyslexia charity, is marking...
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Dyslexia Awards dinner raises GBP140,000.
M2 Presswire; 11/10/2006; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-10 November 2006-Dyslexia Action: Dyslexia Awards dinner raises GBP140,000(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09112006 Dyslexia Action is delighted to announce that its fourth annual...
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Dyslexia Action and British Dyslexia Association's joint response to claims that dyslexia does not exist.
M2 Presswire; 5/29/2007; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-29 May 2007-Dyslexia Action: Dyslexia Action and British Dyslexia Association's joint response to claims that dyslexia does not exist(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:29052007 To the 6 million people dyslexia affects...
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Dyslexia--implications for physical educators and coaches.(b/d dyslexia now)(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Palaestra; 6/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; Dyslexia is a condition that "... impedes the...students in the United States may have dyslexia (Shaywitz, 2003), and it is likely...and counsel several individuals with dyslexia each day. Despite the myth that more...
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Dyslexia Action welcomes Ed Balls funding for its dyslexia programme in schools.
M2 Presswire; 12/5/2007; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-5 December 2007-Dyslexia Action: Dyslexia Action welcomes Ed Balls funding for its dyslexia programme in schools(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05122007 Today - Wednesday 5th December - the Government announces...
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Dyslexia straddles the globe
Newspaper article from: The Press; 10/15/2009; ; 700+ words
; When taking a global perspective on dyslexia, we might first want to consider whether dyslexia should be seen as a condition that affects...cultures and languages. If one considers dyslexia simply from the perspective of a reading and...
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Dyslexia-A Molecular Disorder of Neuronal Migration
Magazine article from: Annals of Dyslexia; 12/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...get at the fundamental cause(s) of dyslexia in our laboratory. A great deal of research...of the linguistic dysfunctions seen in dyslexia, but attempts to get at its cause have...were made on the brains of persons with dyslexia who had died and their brains donated...
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Dyslexia: some background, some technology tools. (I.D.E.A. works: resources for educators).(education)
Magazine article from: Multimedia Schools; 11/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; Simply put, dyslexia is an inherited condition that makes...at least make accommodation for, his dyslexia. He may have even found a method of...George Patton was having his difficulty, dyslexia and other such maladies were, as yet...
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Dyslexia didn't beat me - it shaped me ; He dangerous thing about politicians is they can be woefully ignorant at times. And this ignorance has a way of turning off people like you and me to both the message and the messenger.
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK); 1/15/2009; 700+ words
; ...have invented a brain disorder called dyslexia". This incredible crass and insulting...to experience a day in their life with dyslexia. I happen to be one of these people...limitations - it's a little thing called dyslexia. Yes, I know, a dyslexic journalist...
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Dyslexia
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Dyslexia Definition Dyslexia is an unexpected impairment in reading and spelling despite a normal intellect. Description Dyslexia was first described by Hinshelwood in 1896. Orton originally hypothesized...
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dyslexia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
dyslexia , in psychology, a developmental disability...studies have offered strong evidence that dyslexia is located in the brain. Damage to the...cause a reading disability similar to dyslexia, known as acquired dyslexia or alexia...
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DYSLEXIA
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
DYSLEXIA, also alexia . A language disorder that primarily affects the ability to...adults as a result of brain damage. There are several types of acquired dyslexia, in which adults find themselves unable to read at all, or find difficulty...
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Learning Disabilities
Encyclopedia entry from: Complete Human Diseases and Conditions
...and other reference sources Dysgraphia Dyslexia Language disorders Learning disorders...can lead to difficulties with reading. Dyslexia (dis-LEKSee-uh) is the most common...age children. Because children with dyslexia have trouble processing the smallest...
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Reading disorder
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
...health. Reading disorder is most commonly called dyslexia. Dyslexia, however, usually includes deficits in spelling...disabilities include reading disorder (often called dyslexia), mathematics disorder , disorder of written expression...
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