Dyslexia is a social fig leaf used by middle-class parents who fear their children will be labelled as low achievers, a professor has claimed.
Julian Elliott, a leading educational psychologist at Durham University, says he has found no evidence to identify dyslexia as a medical condition after more than 30 years of research. There is a huge stigma attached to low intelligence," he said.
"After years of working with parents, I have seen how they don't want their child to be considered lazy, thick or stupid.
"If they get called this medically diagnosed term, dyslexic, then it is a signal to all that it's not to do with intelligence."
This from the London (UK) Daily Mail.
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Julian Elliot clearly has no understanding of dyslexia, which is a very real information processing difficulty! I would welcome the opportunity to educate him. Dyslexia needs to be recognised, understood and appropriately supported.
Ruth Gravelle, Dyslexic individual and specialist teacher. www.dyslexiarooms.co.uk
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