ABSTRACT

Beginning in the 1960s, the Isle of Wight studies were among the first to investigate developmental reading problems in representative, population-based samples, using the tools of epidemiology. In this paper, we provide an overview of the contribution of the Isle of Wight studies to research on reading disabilities. We begin with an account of the surveys of primary school children, then move on to describe the programme of epidemiological and longitudinal research that flowed from them. The early studies provided some of the first systematic evidence on the extent and correlates of severe developmental reading problems, and their overlaps with other childhood difficulties. Subsequent studies documented the persistence of early reading problems into adolescence; provided comparative data on rates of reading problems in an inner city area; and most recently explored the long-term persistence of literacy problems up to mid-life.

摘要

从1960年代开始，怀特岛研究是第一批使用流行病学工具调查代表性的，以人口为基础的样本中的阅读发育问题的研究之一。在本文中，我们概述了怀特岛研究对阅读障碍研究的贡献。我们从对小学生的调查开始，然后描述来自他们的流行病学和纵向研究计划。早期研究为严重的阅读障碍的严重程度和相关性及其与其他儿童期障碍的重叠提供了一些初步的系统证据。随后的研究表明，早期阅读问题一直持续到青春期。提供有关市区内阅读问题发生率的比较数据；