What is dyslexia? - Kelli Sandman-Hurley
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Dyslexia affects up to 1 in 5 people, but the experience of dyslexia isn't always the same. This difficulty in processing language exists along a spectrum -- one that doesn't necessarily fit with labels like "normal" and "defective." Kelli Sandman-Hurley urges us to think again about dyslexic brain function and to celebrate the neurodiversity of the human brain.
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How does dyslexia work in languages with character based writing such as Mandarin?
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Arthur Davalos-Matthews
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Yes, people who read Chinese also have dyslexia but no it's not the same. There are language-based differences in how dyslexia presents. Some readings:
http://www.psy.pku.edu.cn/~mengxiangzhi/children/dev/The%20subtypes%20of%20developmental%20dyslexia%20in%20Chinese-%20evidence%20from%20three%20cases.pdf
http://www.nature.com/news/2004/040830/full/news040830-5.html
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2004/sep/23/research.highereducation2
http://www.economist.com/blogs/analects/2014/09/dyslexia-chinese
