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While reading disabilities have been considered as a problem of serious concern in Western nations, they were seen as a rarity and even non-existence in Asian countries. Most authorities agree that at least 5 – 10% of the Western elementary children evidence the characteristics of reading disabilities, the Chinese primary school teachers are unaware of the existence of such an issue. “When the characteristics of reading disabilities are explained to them, they remarked that only a very limited numbers of their students fell into such a category of exceptionality. (Kuo, 1978).” The same point was made by a Japanese psychiatrist who wrote, “… the incidence of reading disabilities in Japan is so rare that specialists in Japan do not get any referrals. (Makita, 1968).”
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Hsu, Cc., Soong, Wt., Shen, S., Su, Sj., Wei, Fw. (1985). Brain Dysfunction as a Cause of Reading Disabilities-Cross Cultured. In: Pichot, P., Berner, P., Wolf, R., Thau, K. (eds) Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Mental Retardation, and Geriatric Psychiatry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9367-6_23
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