{"title":"Adults with mental handicaps who can read","authors":"B. Alexander","doi":"10.1111/J.1468-3156.1988.TB00444.X","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Little has been written about adults with mental handicaps who can read. A surprising number were found in institutions in South-East London (68 who were at least semi-literate, of whom 11 were literate). No explanation of this ability, associated with IQ's as low as 40, was found in the literature or in this study. Comprehension scores were on average more than a year lower than Accuracy scores, giving support for the notion of “barking at print”. A recommendation is made that reading for use should be extended beyond the Social Sight Vocabulary.","PeriodicalId":318604,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The British Institute of Mental Handicap (apex)","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2009-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of The British Institute of Mental Handicap (apex)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1468-3156.1988.TB00444.X","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Little has been written about adults with mental handicaps who can read. A surprising number were found in institutions in South-East London (68 who were at least semi-literate, of whom 11 were literate). No explanation of this ability, associated with IQ's as low as 40, was found in the literature or in this study. Comprehension scores were on average more than a year lower than Accuracy scores, giving support for the notion of “barking at print”. A recommendation is made that reading for use should be extended beyond the Social Sight Vocabulary.
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