Detecting dyslexia: a new toolkit makes diagnosis easy

By Nandini Chatterjee Singh & team
A sizeable number of Indian children suffer from dyslexia. It is a disorder in which otherwise normal children lack enough skills to read and spell and comprehend the written word. They read slowly or are unable to follow the chronological sequence of the words or a sentence, or its meaning. They have no problem in speaking or communicating verbally. It is estimated that nearly 10 per cent of India’s school-going children suffer from this disorder. T