Gentle and thoughtful Cath is on the warpath – and justifiably so.
Some loon (Graham Stringer, MP for Blackley) is trying to deny the existence of dyslexia, a well-evidenced and widespread disorder, using false claims, fallacious reasoning, and other tactics familiar to rational people.
I cannot add anything to her very lucid demolition of his article. I’ll just give a couple of potentially useful links for further reading.
Here’s an international list of Dyslexia research and support organizations that a quick search brought up, in case anyone wants to read further: Dyslexia Parents Resource.
And if you’re from the Blackley area, check out Stringer’s contact info, voting record, etc. on this page.
Friendly Humanist 
2009/01/20 at 01:18 |
Interesting post. I agree with you totally. On another aspect, my take is that child development during the early stages is extremely important and no parent should ever forget that.
2009/01/28 at 10:37 |
Just a follow-up – I noticed an article in today’s Metro that led to a web search which revealed the following:Sir Jackie Stewart, a former Formula 1 racecar driver, has dyslexia. He is responding to Stringer’s lunacy in a very constructive way – by educating people.Here’s an older news item, and a video interview too, for further info on Jackie Stewart’s activities for dyslexia awareness.