GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
DYSLEXIA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Fact
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Myth
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Males are diagnosed with dyslexia more frequently than females, even in epidemiological samples. This may be explained by greater variance in males’ reading performance.
Detailed explanation-2: -“In some cases it may be that the genetic predisposition is exacerbated by some other factors in the male development, ” Dr Burns explains. “The male brain matures at a different rate, it seems to be more vulnerable to neurodevelopmental factors so males generally have more learning disabilities”.
Detailed explanation-3: -Dyslexia is the most common of the language based learning disabilities. Nearly the same percentage of males and females have dyslexia. Nearly the same percentage of people from different ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds have dyslexia.