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BBC NEWS | UK | England | Manchester | MP brands dyslexia a 'fiction'
So, what do you think? Is dylexia real or is a cover made by the Government in response to poor teaching?
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Psychology professor Julian Elliott has angered dyslexia organisations by saying dyslexia is an "emotional construct", not a "scientific function", arguing that he would have little confidence in any diagnosis of dyslexia because there is no consensus about how to define it.
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your post uses dylexia rather than dyslexia, unintentionally amusing (yes, I am easily amused). Anyways, whether it is emotional Google Page Ranking scientific, there is certainly something which causes some people to have difficulty reading. From personal experience a nephew of mine suffered greatly with it, but just by using shaded lenses in glasses to read, he copes perfectly well (it's not iq-related either, he's a smart young man).
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No one has ever explained to me why certain countries have near 100% literacy rates and why certain countries can get away with labelling a large portion of its illiterate population as dyslexic and get away with it.
I read somewhere about a study where supposed dyslexic sufferers were taught using synthetic phonics in clanarkshire and it had a 100% success rate. My guess is that dyslexia is just another modern day fiction.
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lol oh spelling mistakes damn you... It is because I am on my college computer... there is no spell checker to ensure there are no typos.
South Korea does have 100% literacy.
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Because dyslexics aren't neccessarily illiterate?
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Okay then whats the difference between the normal inability to read or write and dyslexia?
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