This week Eric Adams became the first New York City Mayor-elect to have dyslexia. Along the campaign trail, Adams said his diagnosis was later in life and that universal early screening is a top ...

If school is a constant struggle, or if you wonder if there's something else going on, like ADHD, anxiety, depression, dyslexia or other type of learning disability or intellectual disability getting ...

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Tim Odegard, a professor at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, has personal experience with teachers who did not believe in his intelligence because of a discredited dyslexia screening ...

Learning disabilities (LDs) are diagnosed using both educational and medical perspectives (Cortiella and Horowitz, 2014). From an educational perspective, the most commonly used definition is found in ...

Researchers have found a link to growth in working memory and growth in English-language reading among young English-language learning students. The findings suggest better assessment and education ...

Nebraska DHHS declined interviews about disability assessments while keeping scoring methods secret and upholding all appeals.

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Hundreds of people with developmental disabilities have been told they're dropping at least one tier in a new state ...