Cos HEH KE ‘The Education University of Hong Kong Seminar on Diversity, Equity and Social Inclusion (I) Developmental Dyslexia: an Invisible SpLD 2021 April 14 | 4:00- 5:30pm = Zoom Webinar Developmental dyslexia is an invisible SpLD (Specific Learning Disability) whose difficulty becomes known only when assessed appropriately. It is neurobiological in origin with genetic heritability. Yet the prevalence of dyslexia differs across different languages - in English this is said to be 10-12% forming a large minority group, in Italian 3-4% and in Japanese 0.2%-6.9% depending on the different scripts which are used in Japan. In my talk I will address why this is the case using data from behavioural/ experimental/neuroimaging research in alphabetic languages, e.g., English, Finnish, French, and Italian and in non-alphabetic languages such as in Chinese and Japanese. I will also demonstrate that it is possib] to be dyslexic in one language but not in the other in a bilingual individual. I will then suggest the importance of developing a dyslexia interve: programme appropriate for each language rather than borrowint adopting the intervention-programmes developed for another langyage, eg. English. PROFESSOR TAEKO WYDELL Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Life Sciences, Brunel University London Register here: Mg¥ For enquiries, please contact Mr Leung at eduhk-desi@eduhk hk. ‘To learn more about DESI, please visit our website: wwweduhk-dest org