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21 Mar 2011, 11:06 pm
I have a feeling that many many people on here will already understand the misconceptions and I did to an extent, but here it is in case people have not seen it.
(50 minute documentary exploring the misconceptions and reality of Dyslexia which you will need to click the link to see)
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/dyslexia-myth/
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Dispatches exposes the myths and misconceptions that surround a condition said to affect 10 per cent of the population. The Dyslexia Myth argues that the common understanding of dyslexia is not only false but makes it more difficult to provide the reading help that hundreds of thousands of children desperately need.
Drawing on years of intensive academic research on both sides of the Atlantic, Dispatches challenges the existence of dyslexia as a separate condition; but in doing so, reveals the scale and pain of true reading disability.
The programme examines the chasm between evidence and educational practice and shows that, after hundreds of millions of pounds of investment in the teaching of reading, the number of children encountering serious problems has hardly changed.
Drawing on years of intensive academic research on both sides of the Atlantic, Dispatches challenges the existence of dyslexia as a separate condition; but in doing so, reveals the scale and pain of true reading disability.
The programme examines the chasm between evidence and educational practice and shows that, after hundreds of millions of pounds of investment in the teaching of reading, the number of children encountering serious problems has hardly changed.
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22 Mar 2011, 12:54 am
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22 Mar 2011, 4:58 pm
Moog wrote:
Any chance of a summary of the main points?
That it is a misconception that Dyslexia effects how people can see letters in the visual sense and that coloured pages, glasses etc is just a waste of time.
Science has shown that Dyslexia is a result of a certain part of the brain no developing as it should. the part i am talking about is a part which lets us understand syllables. this has a knock on effect on the brain recognising certain sounds in vocal communication and in writing.
the key to improving under developed reading skills is to focus on learning syllables correctly to help the brain be able to do it for itself without any real thought.
the issue is, we lose the ability to learn these syllables properly as we get older. it is not reading to children and communicating to as much as we should which is the problem.
The documentary also shows how that intelligence is just the same for so called dyslexic people, which i am sure most people know anyway.
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08 Apr 2011, 5:24 am
08 Apr 2011, 10:07 am
cdfox7 wrote:
I seen on the TV, its a load of rubbish.
Heres a press release from the British Dyslexia Association about that documentary, to balance the argument:
Heres a press release from the British Dyslexia Association about that documentary, to balance the argument:
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Dyslexia is primarily an information processing difficulty, neurological in origin and affecting language. It is not just about reading. BDA has made this point from the outset to the producer of the Channel 4 programme.
Acquiring the skills of reading is often problematical for those with dyslexia alongside a range of other processing skills including organisation, sequencing and retrieval of information, short-term memory, spelling, writing and number.
Of course BDA welcomes research into improving the acquisition of reading for all children as indeed for all learners.
However, since dyslexia is not encompassed wholly by reading, acquiring reading does not solve dyslexia or render the term redundant or place it in the realms of an ‘emotional construct’.
The majority of the six million dyslexics in the UK will have acquired the skills of reading: they remain dyslexic, and are entitled to receive recognition and support as enshrined in the Disability Discrimination Act and Disabled Student’s Allowance for Higher Education.
Acquiring the skills of reading is often problematical for those with dyslexia alongside a range of other processing skills including organisation, sequencing and retrieval of information, short-term memory, spelling, writing and number.
Of course BDA welcomes research into improving the acquisition of reading for all children as indeed for all learners.
However, since dyslexia is not encompassed wholly by reading, acquiring reading does not solve dyslexia or render the term redundant or place it in the realms of an ‘emotional construct’.
The majority of the six million dyslexics in the UK will have acquired the skills of reading: they remain dyslexic, and are entitled to receive recognition and support as enshrined in the Disability Discrimination Act and Disabled Student’s Allowance for Higher Education.
Interesting to know that. I'd consider myself as having reading and writing difficulties, as well as major verbal communication difficulties too.
I'd really like to improve them all but have never known of any kind of treatment which would work.
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