The forgotten learning disability: epidemiology of written-language disorder in a population-based birth cohort (1976-1982), Rochester, Minnesota

• Published in: Pediatrics (Evanston) Vol. 123; no. 5; p. 1306
• Main Authors: Katusic, Slavica K, Colligan, Robert C, Weaver, Amy L, Barbaresi, William J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.2009
• Subjects: Child; Cohort Studies; Educational Status; Female; Humans; Incidence; Learning Disabilities - diagnosis; Learning Disabilities - epidemiology; Male; Minnesota - epidemiology; Psychometrics; Minnesota

The aim of this study was to report the incidence rates and other epidemiologic characterizations of written-language disorder. There have been no epidemiologic studies on the incidence of written-language disorder in the United States, and the use of a population-based birth cohort, longitudinally...