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The traditional method of diagnosing developmental dyslexia is based on the exclusionary definition which includes the proviso that developmental dyslexia is not caused by intellectual deficiency. Thus, an important criterion used in the identification of developmental dyslexia is the discrepancy between the reader’s potential to read and his actual reading achievement.
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Aaron, P.G. (1994). Differential Diagnosis of Reading Disabilities. In: Dyslexia and Hyperlexia. Neuropsychology and Cognition, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1065-2_6
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