What is the social model of dyslexia and what it means for dyslexics

 

Hello to you all, hope everything is going well for you

I recorded this vlog above some time ago. In it I talk about the work my Social enterprise, Dyslexia Pathways Community Interest Company does. It was founded in 2007. We focus on dyslexia and neuro diversity and the academic. 

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I also talk about our Unique Dyslexic Get Creative campaign which focusses on the creative.

At Dyslexia Pathways CIC we challenge a medical model of dyslexia that tells us dyslexia is all about, deficites, disorder and discrepency. It basically tells us our brains are broken and in need of remediation. In all honesty it is our education system that requires remediation.

The medical model of disability views disability primarily as a problem of the individual, directly caused by disease, trauma, or another health condition, which requires medical care provided in the form of individual treatment by professionals. In this model, disability is seen as a deficiency or abnormality.

There is also a social model of disability and neuro diversity This is a model that we support. 

The social model of dyslexia frames dyslexia not as a deficit, discrepancy and disorder within an individual, but as a difference in cognitive processing, that is compounded by societal barriers and expectations. By an education system that does not work for us.

It emphasizes that the challenges faced by individuals with dyslexia often stem from a world that is not designed to accommodate diverse learning styles and preferences, rather than from the condition itself. 

Dyslexia is not about #deficitesdisorderdiscrepency 

What is the best explanation of a medical model view of disabilities or the social model pf dyslexia?

Holpe you all enjoyed this blog and associated video.

Steve #UniqueDyslexic McCue

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Society tells us dyslexia is about, deficit, dissorder and discrepancy. This is an outmoded medical model of dyslexia, dyslexia is about diversity and difference, different minds unique solutions