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Speech perception abilities of adults with dyslexia: is there any evidence for a true deficit? [PDF]
, 2009 PURPOSE: This study investigated whether adults with dyslexia show evidence of a consistent speech perception deficit by testing phoneme categorization and word perception in noise.
Hazan, V. +4 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In 2019, the Australian government established the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (‘Disability Royal Commission’, DRC) to investigate widespread mistreatment of people with disability. Nearly 10,000 people with disability, their families and supporters engaged with the DRC.
Kate D'Cruz +7 more
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Dyslexia as a Neurodevelopmental Disorder and What Makes It Different from a Chess Disorder
Brain Sciences, 2018 The convenience of referring to dyslexia as a neurodevelopmental disorder has been repeatedly brought into question. In this opinion article, we argue in favor of the current diagnosis of dyslexia based on the criteria of harm and dysfunction. We discuss
Gorka FragaGonzález +2 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Purpose: Abnormal exogenous attention orienting and diffused spatial distribution of attention have been associated with reading impairment in children with developmental dyslexia.
Ana Pina Rodrigues +3 more
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The cognitive deficits responsible for developmental dyslexia: Review of evidence for a visual attentional deficit hypothesis. [PDF]
, 2004 International audienceThere is strong converging evidence suggesting that developmental dyslexia stems from a phonological processing deficit. However, this hypothesis has been challenged by the widely admitted heterogeneity of the dyslexic population ...
Bosse, Marie-Line +2 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder in Australia have increased considerably in recent years. The current study investigated how the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) impacts quality of life (QoL) among carers of children with autism spectrum disorder.
Jesse Gerhard, Sharon L. Grant
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Cortex, 1983 A detailed analysis was made of the errors of a developmental dyslexic who is now 18 years of age. It was found that her error pattern was very similar to that observed in a particular form of acquired dyslexia, i.e. deep dyslexia. She made semantic, visual, derivational and function word substitution errors, and was almost completely unable to read ...
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The relationship of phonological ability, speech perception, and auditory perception in adults with dyslexia [PDF]
, 2014 This study investigated whether auditory, speech perception and phonological skills are tightly interrelated or independently contributing to reading. We assessed each of these three skills in 36 adults with a past diagnosis of dyslexia and 54 matched ...
Jan eWouters +4 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Little is known about the impacts of the disclosure, or the non‐disclosure, of medical conditions associated with neurodiversity in the context of court proceedings and hearings before tribunals and commissions. This paper examines the experiences of twenty‐three Queensland Judges, Magistrates, and Tribunal and Commission Members with ...
Danielle Bozin +5 more
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The Effects of Machinima on Communication Skills in Students with Developmental Dyslexia
Education Sciences, 2022 Many research efforts in the international literature have been conducted to investigate various fundamental issues associated with communication skills cultivation of students with developmental dyslexia.
Nikolaos Pellas +1 more
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