In 1963, the Father of Special Education introduced the term "learning disability" at a conference in Chicago.
Who is Dr. Samuel Kirk?
100
The original name of this society is now referred to as the International Dyslexia Association.
What is Orton Dyslexia Society?
100
Was considered "slow" as a child, but is now considered as one of the best known motion picture producers in the world.
Who is Walt Disney?
100
Decoding involves understanding the phoneme (sound) and this term describes "letters."
What is grapheme?
100
Dyscalculia is severe problems in this subject area.
What is mathematics?
200
This organization was started by parents whose children had been diagnosed with various problems including perceptual handicaps, brain injury, and neurological impairment.
What is the Learning Disabilities Association of America?
200
In 1925, Orton set up a 2-week mobile clinic in this state, so teachers could refer students who had difficulty in learning to read.
What is Iowa?
200
The greatest physicist of all time known for his theory of relativity.
Who is Albert Einstein?
200
About 74% of children are identified with a reading problem in this grade and intervention is also critical before this grade.
What is third grade?
200
The researcher who identified the disorder in 1974 describes six types of dyscalculia.
Who is Dr. Ladislav Kosc?
300
In the 1870's, German neurologist Adolf Kussamaul used this term that is now referred to as dyslexia.
What is word blindness?
300
Orton was the first to advocate focusing on this type of instruction with students with reading disabilities, instead of the "look and say" method.
What is phonics?
300
Was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, even though he had a stuttering problem and hated school and math.
Who is Winston Churchill?
300
Dyslexia is a deficiency in the phonological component of this.
What is language?
300
Geary described this subtype of dyscalculia as difficulty retrieving arithmetic facts.
What is semantic memory?
400
In 1887, this German physician first coined the term "dyslexia."
Who is Rudolf Berlin?
400
Orton used this term with a prefix meaning "turning or reversals" and the root word meaning "word," "sign," or "token."
What is strephosymbolia?
400
Inventor of the telephone, but had dyslexia and poor grades in school.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
400
This term describes a link between a naming speed deficit and a phonological processing deficit.
What is Double Deficit Hypothesis?
400
A cognitive ability to separate elements based upon contrast, that is, dark and light, black and white.
What is figure-ground?
500
In 1895, Ophthalmologist James Hinshelwood described in this medical journal the case of acquired word blindness, where a 58 year old man awoke one morning to discover that he could no longer read.
What is The Lancet?
500
A research associate that worked with Orton who developed remedial reading programs.
Who is Marion Monroe?
500
Led the U.S. in World War II as an Army General, but was deficient in reading throughout his life.
Who is George Patton?
500
This term describes children with SLDs who are also gifted.
What is twice exceptional?
500
One of the most popular theoretical frameworks for teaching mathematics to all children.