1. What is new about Dyslexia
④A short list of SLD-dyslexia difficulties
Co-morbid or co-occurrence with other neurodevelopmental disorders is frequently observed.
- Specific Language Impairment : dysphasia :
expressive or receptive difficulties, these last can be ignored.
- Dyscalculia : difficulties in arithmetic
- Dyspraxia : Developmental Coordination Disorder essentially motor coordination difficulties:
EAffecting fine motor skills such as pencil grip leading to
dysgraphia,
EGoss motor activities such as movement and balance,
EVisual-motor and spatial difficulties.
- Attention deficit disorder associated or not to
hyperactivity ADHD
- Executive function deficit for supervisory attention in working memory (difficulties in planning, working memory)