Reading disorders of blind children – dyslexia?
Abstract
Reading disorders of blind children are not well known in the Czech Republic and research in this area is still at it´s start. This paper therefore provides an introduction to the problems of reading disorders of children with congenital severe visual impairment. It tries to answer the question whether a blind schoolchild can be diagnosed with dyslexia. The article describes the issues of reading disorders from prevention to diagnostics and also outlines the possible methods of working with failing braille readers. The text also deals with the relationship between the different techniques of reading Braille and failing in reading. An integral part of this work is a short summary of current international researches.
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Keywords
dyslexia, blindness, braille, readingLiterature
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