Helen M. Veater|Beverly Plester|Clare Wood
Use of text message abbreviations and literacy skills in children with dyslexia
Coventry University|Coventry University|Coventry University
smallscale study compared 10 13yearold dyslexic childrens use text message abbreviations reading age chronological agematched controls significant differences proportion textisms used dyslexic children two control groups although preference nonphonetic text abbreviations observed dyslexic group unlike controls little evidence association phonological awareness textism use children dyslexia results discussed relation strategy use dyslexic children decoding text