One in five
Melanie Jameson highlights a largely neglected group within the criminal justice system: prisoners with specific learning difficulties
Dyslexia is the most well known specific learning difficulty (SpLD). SpLD, a term that is often misunderstood, covers a variety of conditions, including dyspraxia, attention deficit (hyperactivity) disorder (ADHD) and dyscalculia. Typical areas of difficulty are short-term memory, processing of language-based information, organisation and sustaining concentration.
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