Talk:Dysorthographia

-- Outdated term? -- Speaking as an expert in reading ability and disability, I have not encountered the term "dysorthographia" to describe a disorder distinct from other types of language disturbances. Nor do I believe it is being used in either research, clinical or pedagogical settings. A Google Scholar search reveals no hits in the literature after about 1970. The definition provided here seems to suggest this disorder occurs in conjunction with either (developmental?) dyslexia or acquired aphasia following brain damage.

I suggest the article refers to a term that is no longer in use, and that it either be deleted or re-vamped to better explain that this is not a term currently in widespread use.

--Drmarc 01:45, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

This is a separate Learning Difference from dyslexia or dysgraphia

Hi,

I suspect that this is an outdated term for dysgraphia. In which case, I propose that this article should be merged with the Dysgraphia article.

Rosmoran 06:37, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi, Dysorthographia refers to a specific learning disability applied to children who fail to learn how to spell. These children find it hard to connect letters and sounds in words. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.181.251.130 (talk) 03:47, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

Hi Dysgraphia refers to a learner with difficulties in handwriting with or without difficulties in spelling. Dysorthographia is a term used for pupils who have a severe spelling difficulty and yet are good or very good at reading . This term is used most recently by Diane Montgomery in her book Dyslexia-Friendly Strategies for reading, spelling and handwriting: A toolkit for teachers (2017) Routledge. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Floss08 (talk • contribs) 13:26, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi, Individuals with dysorthographia have challenges separate from dysgraphia or dyslexia--although some may also be diagnosed with these as well. The dysorthtograph may read and write very well but simply can not retain or recall the patterns required to spell. Simple, even common words like "where" and "very" may be challenging to recall. This is different from a low-intellect presentation of "bad spelling," as the dysorthrograph can usually recognize when they "get to the right spelling" or, they can choose the correct spelling from a list of options (ie spell check) The dysorthograph has no trouble reading words they cannot spell.

Dysorhogtaphs are suspected to have a "pattern sequencing disorder" that prevents the recall of the pattern of the letters, and hence, many individuals will also have issues with dyscalculia. Unlike the dyslexic, the dysorthograph will not flip letters around in shape, but may often place them in the wrong (i.e. wrogn) order in the word. It is also extremely difficult for them to "proofread" their work, and they may use the wrong words spelled correctly (their vs there) without noticing the error even upon review because there is no "red wiggly line" to bring their attention to it.

This "forgetting" how to spell common words (or suddenly feeling they look funny) happens to most people occasionally in a phenomenon called "wordnisia" For the dysorthograph, they experience being trapped in wordnisia every time they attempt to communicate with the written word.