This text links general skills difficulties to dyslexia. It examines the research which has found that dyslexic children have problems not just with their reading but in a range of skills including several (such as balance) unrelated to reading.

Rod Nicolson, Angela Fawcett

Foreword, Preface, Contributors, Part 1 Phonological skills, reading and dyslexia, Part 2 Visual skill, motor shill and speed of processing, Part 3 Towards the underlying causes of dyslexia, Author Index, Subject Index