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Article: Health: A wobble now means less work later: Dyslexia often goes undiagnosed in children until they are nine or ten. A new test could enable them to get help earlier, says Nigel Howard
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 26, 1994
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Ellie Nicolson, aged nearly five, bites her lip in concentration
as she stands blindfolded, one foot in front of the other, her arms
outstretched. She balances for 30 seconds in front of a video camera
which records the number and size of her wobbles.
It may look odd but Ellie's future, and that of thousands of other
children, could be at stake. For this, exercise, in conjunction with
several other simple tasks, can reveal whether a child is dyslexic
and will need special help in the early years at school.
The balancing act was developed by a team of research
psychologists, Angela Fawcett, Paul Dean, and Ellie's father Rod
Nicolson, senior lecturer and head of the department at Sheffield ...