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Why do some children struggle with reading?

Sep 20, 2018 | Category: literacy

[caption id="attachment_66637" align="alignleft" width="300"] Janet and bloody John![/caption]When I was about 7, my primary school teacher told my parents that I would probably never learn to read. A...

#Reading #dyslexia

Who is dyslexic and why does it matter?

Feb 11, 2016 | Category: myths

"Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true." Francis Bacon I've been thinking about dyslexia for a while. Here are a few of the posts I've written over the past couple of years: May 2013 D...

#dyslexia #Julian Elliott #Elena Grigorenko

The dyslexia debate - is the label 'meaningless'?

Feb 27, 2014 | Category: literacy

Back in May last year I wrote a post which asked whether dyslexia actually exists. Some people really liked it and others (particularly those with children who have been diagnosed with dyslexia) got p...

#dyslexia #Julian Elliott

Are all difficulties desirable?

Oct 05, 2013 | Category: Featured

I was aghast to read an extract from Malcolm Gladwell's new book, David And Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits And The Art Of Battling Giants in The Guardian yesterday. Not because it's bad, but because it's...

#stress #Malcolm Gladwell #John Tomsett #Robert Bjork #desirable difficulties #dyslexia #David and Goliath

Magic glasses and the Meares-Irlen syndrome

May 27, 2013 | Category: literacy

In case you missed it, I published a post on the dubious existence of dyslexia this weekend. A few people have been in touch via Twitter to tell me about the remarkable effect of Irlen lenses and that...

#dyslexia #Irens

Does dyslexia exist?

May 26, 2013 | Category: Featured

Schools are packed to the gunnels (whatever they are) with students diagnosed with dyslexia. And, of the hundreds of dyslexic students I've taught, many have languished helplessly in the doldrums of i...