Supporting the social model of dyslexia.

 

social model of dyslexia and social enterpsie a more empowering, inclusive and positive way forward

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Good day to all my blog readers

I believe the medical discrepancy model of Dyslexia has gotten us pretty much nowhere. The dyslexia is about deficites, disorder and discrepency. This model say it's we dyslexics that are the problem. It makes no mention of diversity and difference. 

That's why my social enterprise, Dyslexia Pathways CIC, (Community Interest Company,) promotes and support the social model of Dyslexia. 

We see the social model of dyslexia together with social enterprise offers the dyslexic community a more inclusive, positive and empowering way forward. The social model tells us it is society that disables and here is how society does. 

My own research showed only 19% of dyslexic adults were assessed while at school. That the majority of adults assessed as dyslexic were assessed while at university. 

But you have to remember only about 5% of undergraduates are dyslexic while in the UK research shows around 10% of the population are dyslexic. Society disables us in so many ways and this disabling starts from day one at school for many of us and does not stop even at higher education level.

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Steve #UniqueDyslexic Mccue