The 'Dyslexia Debate'

Abstract

In this article, I argue that there are two debates for dyslexia. The First one is the academic debate, which has been risen by Professor Julian Elliott in his book the dyslexia debate questioning the usefulness of the concept of dyslexia in diagnosing and providing support for dyslexic individuals, and the public debate, which is based on the personal experiences of dyslexic individuals instead of scientific evidence.

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The ‘Dyslexia Debate’
The existence of dyslexia became a heated debate in education after
Professor Julian Elliott published The Dyslexia Debate in 2014, arguing
that the concept has no scienti"c value. In this blog, Dana Abu Omar, a
PhD research student at the University of Derby, discusses how there
are actually two dyslexia debates.
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