A child who reads "dog" as "god" or "bat" as "tab" suffers from which type of disability?

A child who reads "dog" as "god" or "bat" as "tab" suffers from which type of disability? Correct Answer dyslexia

Learning disability refers to a neurological disorder that causes cognitive impairment. Reading disorders are part of learning disabilities.

Dyslexia: This is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities.  

  • Dyslexia is associated with the 'Reading disorder' as it refers to a difficulty in Reading, Writing, and Spelling.
  • Dyslexia is the most common learning disability(Reading disorder) which makes learners:
    • confuse with the same shapes and sounds of the alphabet.
    • unable to read, interpret, and understand letters and words.
    • bewilder in identifying and relating speech sounds with letters and words.

Hence, we can conclude that A child who reads "dog" as "god" or "bat" as "tab" suffers from a dyslexia learning disability.

Additional Information

Other Disabilities in Brief:

Dysgraphia

It is a deficiency that affects the ability to write coherently.

Dyscalculia

It is a disability that affects a learner's ability to perform mathematical calculations.

Dysphasia

A language disorder that affects communication skills and comprehension abilities.

Dyspraxia

It is a motor disorder that affects the coordination of the tongue an produce sounds.

Aphasia

Impairment of language that affects the ability to communicate.

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