Dyslexia is a brain-based type of learning disability that specifically impairs a person's ability
to read. Although the disorder varies from person to person, common characteristics among …

Background Reading comprehension draws on both decoding and linguistic
comprehension, and poor reading comprehension can be the consequence of a deficit in …

We followed children at family risk of dyslexia and children with preschool language
difficulties from age 3½, comparing them with controls (N= 234). At age 8, children were …

Since in a substantial proportion of reading-disabled children constitutional factors appear to
play an important pathogenetic role, major contributions to a better understanding of …

In our follow-up study 12 years after index admission we were able to examine 59 out of 115
male patients who had been diagnosed in our department as dyslexic (mean age: 10.1 …

The studies in this doctoral thesis report aspects of cognitive and socio emotional
development in a group of teenagers and young adults with dyslexia. The 75 subjects …

Background Causal theories of dyslexia suggest that it is a heritable disorder, which is the
outcome of multiple risk factors. However, whether early screening for dyslexia is viable is …

Interviews with 75 teenagers and young adults were performed to investigate how young
people with dyslexia experienced school in terms of well-being, educational achievement …

Dyslexia is the most common and carefully studied of the learning disabilities in school-age
children. It is characterized by a marked impairment in the development of reading skills …