Dyslexia: Causes and Contributors

A discussion of the causes and contributors to dyslexia must be, by necessity, a complex undertaking that deals with a myriad of controversial topics. Even the name breads controversy: what exactly is dyslexia? Is it the same as specific learning difficulties? Can it be defined as a single condition? Is there a continuum of dyslexic type difficulties? Should we be using a label at all? The questions raised are numerous, yet there are very few …showed first 75 words of 2881 total…

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