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Do more boys have dyslexia than girls?
There seems to be a consensus that more boys have dyslexia than girls.
However Dr Ian Smythe recently pointed dysTalk in the direction of some research he did in 2005 (Siegel LS and Smythe IS (2005) Reflections on Research on Reading Disability with Special Attention to Gender Issues).
In this ''data from a large unbiased sample show that there are no significant differences between boys and girls in the incidence of reading difficulties.''
24/07/2009 10:08:25
Josh (Member)
really because i am dyslexic and add and when I went to school their was 1 female for 1 year out of 12 years of public school. I went through every level of special needs, starting with kids in wheel chairs and ending with mostly regular classes with some special needs english. females either were not diagnosed or did not have learning disabilities, at least before 1997 when i was in school.
22/07/2011 13:22:30
john collins
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