Is dyslexia a disorder or difference? #gresham #shorts #dyslexia #mentalhealth

Taken from a Gresham lecture by Maggie Snowling CBE at Barnard's Inn Hall, London

Difficulties with reading and writing have wide-ranging effects beyond academic achievement, including on career opportunities and personal well-being. However, the concept of dyslexia continues to be debated: is the term useful? How does it relate to spoken language?

This lecture describes what is known of the causes and consequences of reading difficulties and how they relate to other common conditions that affect learning. It will look at the importance of early intervention and how best to support children with dyslexia.

[braeutchen]

2 of my children read from L to R, drop down 1 line and read THAT line from R to L, drop diwn, read L to R and so on.
Those 2 had never CRAWLED as infants. At 4 yrs of age, they both were REQUIRED to take a "crawling" class, like patterning, sort of: it REprograms the brain some how, and finally the problem of their reading model it was very

[davidhardy]

What happened to the long version of this lecture? I recommended it to interested relatives and it disappeared. Hardly in the spirit of the Gresham mission statement.

[AP-ggep]

So what is the definition of "difference"?