Kiley has severe impairments in her ability to read, which has resulted in substantially below-average performance on reading tasks that are not due to visual impairments. What is the most likely diagnosis for Kiley?

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Ray

29 August, 06:29

Kiley has severe impairments in her ability to read, which has resulted in substantially below-average performance on reading tasks that are not due to visual impairments. What is the most likely diagnosis for Kiley?

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Jonathan Ferrell · Answer 1

The correct answer is Specific Learning Disorder.

Explanation:

Specific learning disorders are a relatively new categorization of certain types of reading related and math related disorders that have neuropsychological implications such as dyslexia and dyscalculia.

These are neurodevelopmental disorders that can be diagnosed an treated by a neurologist or a neuropsychologist and they are not due to visual impairments but rather by genetics, developmental difficulties and they have a neurological basis.

They can be treated through therapy and neuropsychological rehabilitation.

In this particular case, Kiley has severe impairments in her ability to read, which has resulted in substantially below-average performance on reading tasks that are not due to visual impairments.

The most likely diagnosis for kiley due to the below-average performance on reading tasks that are not due to visual impairments is Specific Learning Disorder.