ADHD and Dyslexia: Why Do They So Often Co-Occur?
ADHD and dyslexia. Dyslexia and ADHD together. Why are so many kids diagnosed with both? What's the connection? Fumiko Hoeft M.D., Ph.D., professor of psychiatry at the Weill Institute for...
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ADHD and dyslexia, we know that there's a high overlap.Usually, if you look at any child with ADHD, about 20 to 40 percent will also have dyslexiaor LD, learning differences.And then if you look at children with LD or dyslexia, then those children will also, maybeabout up to 40 percent of the children, will have ADHD, in particular the attention deficit subtype.So that's what's known from the prevalence rate in the research literature.And then if you look at the characteristics, it's quite interesting.So, I said that dyslexia has, often has attention deficit subtypes.But then you start looking at the brain, and then most of the brain research.There's not that many, but if you look at them, the dyslexia research is focused onthe lan...
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ADHD and dyslexia, we know that there's a high overlap.Usually, if you look at any child with ADHD, about 20 to 40 percent will also have dyslexiaor LD, learning differences.And then if you look at children with LD or dyslexia, then those children will also, maybeabout up to 40 percent of the children, will have ADHD, in particular the attention deficit subtype.So that's what's known from the prevalence rate in the research literature.And then if you look at the characteristics, it's quite interesting.So, I said that dyslexia has, often has attention deficit subtypes.But then you start looking at the brain, and then most of the brain research.There's not that many, but if you look at them, the dyslexia research is focused onthe lan...
