Reading Disorder
Symptoms
Reading achievement, as measured by individually administered standardized tests of reading accuracy or comprehension, is substantially below that expected given the person's chronological age, measured intelligence, and age-appropriate education.
The disturbance in the first criterion significantly interferes with academic achievement or activities of daily living that require reading skills.
If a sensory deficit is present, the reading difficulties are in excess of those usually associated with it.
Criteria summarized from:
American Psychiatric Association. (1994). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, fourth edition. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association.
