Dyslexia is a learning problem which gives rise to difficulties in reading, spelling, and writing. In a survey of 10 universities in Malaysia, there is a projected prevalence rate of 4.43% undergraduates with dyslexia, with a projected prevalence rate of 4.14% in its p...
Predicting the continued use of overlays in school children--a comparison of the Developmental Eye Movement test and the Rate of Reading test. Coloured overlays have been advocated to enhance reading speed and ability in children with reading difficulty or dyslexia. Assessing the efficacy of overl....
There is a wide body of literature claiming that individuals with psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders exhibit elevated rates of non-right-handedness, for example in schizophrenia33, autism spectrum disorders (ASD;34), dyslexia35, intellectual disability36, but also post-traumatic stress disorder...
By excluding 12 children known to score below average in IQ, 87 children, including 20 children not tested for IQ, could be regarded as children with dyslexia, yielding a prevalence rate of 12.6% and a boy:girl gender ratio of 1.6 to 1. The figures would become 9.7% and 2.0 to 1 if...
early signs; specific learning disorder; dyslexia; preschooler1. Introduction Specific learning disorder (SLD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder in which academic skills are significantly below expected levels despite age, intelligence level, and appropriate education, and its aetiology involves the ...