At 3:37 AM -0500 1/24/07, Allen Esterson wrote:
Re Paul Brandonís quotation of Sally Shaywitz's views on the subject (see
below), I see that she doesn't reject the term "dyslexia":
Since the term itself is in common usage it cannot be rejected.
What she questions is it's reference: a discrete
phenomenon separate from the lower end of a
continuum of poor reading skills.
*Overcoming Dyslexia* (2005), by Sally Shaywitz
- What dyslexia is and why some intelligent, gifted people read slowly and
painfully
- How to identify dyslexia in preschoolers, schoolchildren, young adults,
and adults
http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679781592
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The best argument against Intelligent Design is that fact that
people believe in it.
* PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
* Psychology Dept Minnesota State University *
* 23 Armstrong Hall, Mankato, MN 56001 ph 507-389-6217 *
* http://krypton.mnsu.edu/~pkbrando/ *
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