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A 2022 meta-analysis describes developmental dyslexia as a specific learning disorder concerning reading acquisition, which can have a lifelong negative impact on individuals.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Developmental dyslexia (DD) is a specific learning disorder concerning reading acquisition that may has a lifelong negative impact on individuals.”
Prevalence of Developmental Dyslexia in Primary School Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Liping Yang et al., Brain Sciences (MDPI), 2022, Abstract, Background.
Open the original (DOI 10.3390/brainsci12020240)- What it measures
- The opening definition of the meta-analysis of prevalence among primary school children.
- What it does not show
- A research definition. Clinical and school definitions differ in their cut-offs, and the wording of the source contains a typo ('may has') that we have kept as written.