New Dyslexia research

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New research builds on the notion that certain genes are related to dyslexia. Here is the abstract:

Independent studies have shown that candidate genes for dyslexia and specific language impairment (SLI) impact upon reading/language-specific traits in the general population. To further explore the effect of disorder-associated genes on cognitive functions, we investigated whether they play a role in broader cognitive traits. We tested a panel of dyslexia and SLI genetic risk factors for association with two measures of general cognitive abilities, or IQ, (verbal and non-verbal) in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) cohort (N>5,000). Only the MRPL19/C2ORF3 locus showed statistically significant association (minimum P = 0.00009) which was further supported by independent replications following analysis in four other cohorts. In addition, a fifth independent sample showed association between the MRPL19/C2ORF3 locus and white matter structure in the posterior part of the corpus callosum and cingulum, connecting large parts of the cortex in the parietal, occipital and temporal lobes. These findings suggest that this locus, originally identified as being associated with dyslexia, is likely to harbour genetic variants associated with general cognitive abilities by influencing white matter structure in localised neuronal regions.

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Dyslexia on the smartphone

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Children with Dyslexia have a habit of not opening a book or trying to read as it will highlight their problem. Their first reaction usually is avoidance. Smartphones however put words in front of people in a small format and with  usually some recreational value. This may help those with a reading disability to get some more practice.

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Dyslexia will disappear!

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Dyslexia will disappear from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) to be published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA). Instead they will include “specific learning disability”.

To not have Dyslexia (and dyscalculia, dysgraphia etc) in this manual will not help the cause to get children the help they need as fast as possible.

There is a petition started on change.org, please go there and sign it.

here is the text:

We find inconceivable that DSM 5 is on the verge of removing dyslexia as a diagnosis. Such an ill-conceived move flies in the face of federal disability laws, and scientific, including neurobiological evidence of the validity of dyslexia. Dyslexia fits a medical model of a disorder and has been known since 1896 and is recognized world-wide as the most common neuropsychiatric disorder. To remove it will disenfranchise those millions of affected children and adults and prevent practicing psychiatrists and other physicians from the ability to diagnose this well-described and well-validated clinical entity. We urge you to make sure that dyslexia is included as a specific diagnosis in DSM 5 and not do harm to individuals who are dyslexic or to the field of psychiatry.

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