Sublexical and Lexical Processing of Young Adults with Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Abstract

(from the chapter) The purpose of this research was to investigate the performance of three groups of English-speaking university students with disabilities, which included: (a) 93 with learning disabilities (LD); (b) 64 with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD); and (c) 54 with LD + AD/HD. The profiles of the students with disabilities were compared to those of 100 of their normally-achieving peers (mean age 22 yrs) across several phonological and orthographic processing measures, as well as standardized measures of reading-decoding (of real and nonsense words), spelling, listening comprehension, and reading comprehension. In addition, analyses were conducted to determine which measures were predictive of performance on selected measures of reading and spelling abilities. Implications for assessment, intervention, and accommodations are provided. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved).