EVIDENCE FOR AND CHARACTERISTICS OF DYSLEXIA AMONG JAPANESE CHILDREN

Authors
YAMADA J BANKS A
Citation
J. Yamada et A. Banks, EVIDENCE FOR AND CHARACTERISTICS OF DYSLEXIA AMONG JAPANESE CHILDREN, Annals of dyslexia, 44, 1994, pp. 105-119
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Rehabilitation,"Education, Special
Journal title
Annals of dyslexia → ACNP
ISSN journal
07369387
Volume
44
Year of publication
1994
Pages
105 - 119
Database
ISI
SICI code
0736-9387(1994)44:<105:EFACOD>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
In an attempt to determine the extent of developmental dyslexia in Jap an, an oral reading test and a modified Bangor Dyslexia Test were admi nistered to 125 fourth graders (69 boys and 56 girls). In this sample, four boys and four girls (6%) qualified as dyslexic, challenging the wide-spread belief that dyslexia is largely absent among Japanese chil dren. Here we describe some characteristics of these Japanese dyslexic s.