*1.2. Development of Reading in Children with Down Syndrome*

It has been suggested that rather than progressing through the above stages in decoding development, children with Down syndrome tend to rely on logographic strategies throughout their school years and beyond [18]. Reliance on such strategies may explain the difficulties with non-word decoding observed in groups with Down syndrome [19,20]. However, some children with Down syndrome develop exceptional reading skills [21], and a small proportion perform in line with typically developing peers of the same chronological age [19]. Thus, in individuals with Down syndrome, poor decoding skills are certainly not inevitable.
