Tuesday, 6 September 2011

Dyslexia a disability?

The dyslexia adenga is being driven by experts who have a vested interest in dyslexia as a disability rather than dyslexia and ability. Every week it seems some expert or another will have research that show us what we can't do, tell us what we need and basically how clever the experts are. These experts have a very medical model of disability paradigm in that only they know what is good for us. Dyslexia is not a medical issue that a doctor can cure anyone of. There will never be a pill to make it all better and even if there were I would not be taking it. Dyslexia is an education issue, or rather a lack of education issue. If we were taught in schools using multi sensory teaching methods a lot of the issues we face in later life could be overcome. It is our education system that makes dyslexia a disability not dyslexia itself.

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