alleryWhich term is often used as a synonym for a reading disability?
ADyscalculia
BDysgraphia
CDyspraxia
DDyslexia
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Dyslexia
1. Reading disability covers trouble with word recognition, decoding and fluency.
2. The term developmental dyslexia is often used as its synonym.
3. Dyscalculia is about mathematics, dysgraphia about writing, dyspraxia about movement.
_Source: Wikipedia, Learning disability, section By function impaired_
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