Many people doubt that a specific disorder of reading (dyslexia) even exists, let alone that it
may have a perceptual basis. However, a high proportion of children whose reading is …

This chapter shows that visual skills do in fact correlate remarkably well with reading
performance, and that many children with reading problems have unstable visual …

The term dyslexia originated in 1887 when an ophthalmologist described the difficulty of
learning to read. After more than a century of research, we still do not know the etiology of …

Dyslexia affects about 10% of all children and is a potent cause of loss of self-confidence,
personal and family misery, and waste of potential. Although the dominant view is that it is …

Dyslexia or specific reading disability is an important and frequent handicap afficting 5–10%
of the population. It is basically a disorder of acquisition of written language, probably due to …

We recently pointed out that there is no evidence to support the commonly held view that
there is something wrong with the brains of children who have great difficulty learning to …

“Developmental dyslexia” is not a synonym for discrepancy-based reading disability, which
is the current legal-educational and DSM-111-R construct.] Neurological diagnosis …

Many dyslexic children are unable accurately to control the movements of their eyes even
when they are not trying to read. This immaturity helps to explain their visual confusions. It …

This book aims to provide a straightforward summary of work in the field of dyslexia and
vision for teachers, educational psychologists, child psychologists, and pediatricians. Its …

As its name suggests, the book The Dyslexia Debate by Julian Elliott and Elena Grigorenko
aims to generate a debate on the concept of developmental dyslexia. Contrary to some …