Dyslexia
- 14 May 1987
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 316 (20) , 1268-1270
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198705143162008
Abstract
The disorder we now call "dyslexia" has historical roots that can be traced back to the late 19th century, when the notion of a specific syndrome involving the inability to read in spite of normal vision evolved. Early reports began with Kussmaul's description of "word blindness" in 1877 and focused initially on indications of an acquired inability to read among adults.1 The term "dyslexia" was first used in 1887 by Berlin, but it was the Scottish ophthalmologist Hinshelwood1 who differentiated complete word blindness, alexia, from partial impairment or dyslexia.The report by Orton in 1925 on word blindness in schoolchildren . . .Keywords
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