It seems a huge controversy has develloped concerning the view of the British educational psychologist Julian Elliott that dyslexia as an identifiable disability requiring special intervention is a myth.
I love mythbusters. And I've always suspected something of the sort about dyslexia as well, although I could never have expressed it as articulately and persuasively as Dr. Elliott does. It appears, not surprisingly, that parents of dyslexic children are not too happy with his idea. The Telegraph just last week published an article by David Mills on the controversy, on-line Jan 15, 2007, "Dyslexia: a big, expensive myth". http://tinyurl.com/2lgo98 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/main.jhtml?xml=/health/2007/01/15/hdysle xia15.xml&page=3 And an earlier and probably more informative article was published two years earlier in The Guardian by Joanna Moorhead (September 7, 2005) http://www.guardian.co.uk/parents/story/0,,1564251,00.html There's also a short version of Elliott's views in TES ( Times Educational Supplement, right?), September 2, 2005: "Dyslexia myths and the feel-bad factor" http://www.tes.co.uk/search/story/?story_id=2128733 I haven't, however, been able to dig up an academic publication of Elliott's on the topic. Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Department of Psychology Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 0C8 Canada Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at http://faculty.frostburg.edu/psyc/southerly/tips/index.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
