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Author Info: , Thomson Gale, Detroit, Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence, 1998

Alexia

Inability to read.

Despite acceptable vision and intelligence, children with this condition are unable to read. Sometimes referred to as "word blindness," alexia is a form of dyslexia.

See also Dyslexia

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