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What is Specific about the Specific Reading Disorder

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Perspectives on the Classification of Specific Developmental Disorders

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The term specific reading and/or spelling disorder (synonym: “dyslexia; “developmental dyslexia”) is used to characterize disorders in which the main feature is a serious impairment in the development of reading or spelling skills which is not explicable in terms of general intellectual retardation or inadequate schooling. First descriptions were given by Berkhan (1885, 1886), Hinshelwood (1904) and Morgan (1896).

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Remschmidt, H., Schulte-Körne, G., Hennighausen, K. (1998). What is Specific about the Specific Reading Disorder. In: Rispens, J., van Yperen, T.A., Yule, W. (eds) Perspectives on the Classification of Specific Developmental Disorders. Neuropsychology and Cognition, vol 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2581-1_5

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