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Answer for the clue "Reading impairment ", 8 letters:
dyslexia

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Word definitions for dyslexia in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1887, from German dyslexie (1883), from Greek dys- "bad, abnormal, difficult" (see dys- ) + lexis "word," from legein "speak" (see lecture (n.)) + abstract noun ending -ia . Dyslexic (n.) is first recorded 1961; dyslectic (adj.) from 1964.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
dyslexia \dyslexia\ n. an impaired ability to read.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context neurology pathology English) A learning disability in which a person finds it difficult to read and write.

Usage examples of dyslexia.

My job, as I saw it, was not just to shore up reading, writing, or arithmeticskills, nor to ameliorate dyslexia, dysgraphia, or dyscalculia, but to try to help children become successful in their place of work -- school -- and to improve the quality of their lives.

Besides suffering from undiagnosed dyslexia that impaired his ability to read, he would often stutter when beginning to speak, his mind would wander in mid-sentence, and it was difficult for him to follow simple instructions.

Alzheimer's, muscular dystrophy, hemophilia, leukemia, anorexia, diabetes, cancer, multiple sclerosis, cystic fibrosis, cerebral palsy, dyslexia, for Christ sakes –.