Word: dyslexia
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What do Cher, Greg Louganis and Whoopi Goldberg have in common? Surprisingly, the answer is a learning disability--dyslexia. Yet, as dyslexics, these celebrities are not alone. As many as 15 percent of American students may be dyslexic, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
Because of Hall's interest in dyslexia, ManterHall has required a diagnostic reading test sincethe 1950s, far before the disability was widelyknown. Hall has earned numerous awards andcurrently serves on the boards of several dyslexiaorganizations...
Researchers in Germany and the U.S. think they're homing in on a cause of dyslexia, the brain abnormality that makes language processing -- especially reading the printed word -- difficult for about 3% of the population. At least some cases of dyslexia are genetic, and now two labs have evidence that they are close to finding a specific gene that may be responsible...
...couple of high school basketball stars. Its realism may be a bit rough-edged for parents, but it's about right for their older children. Sam Styles is a huge, self-apologetic, marvelously coordinated fellow who can't make a wrong move on a basketball court but struggles with dyslexia. Because his father and stepmother are loving and decent, and because a sharp-eyed teacher has worked to bring Sam's reading and self-respect up to where they should be, the boy has a good shot at steadying down to adulthood...
Neurobiology of Dyslexia: Language or Vision?--by Dr. Albert Galaburda, associate professor of neurology, HMS, and director, Neuroanatomical Lab., BIH. Philips Brooks House, Parlor Room...