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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...
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...
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...
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