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Thread #101343 Message #2045865
Posted By: GUEST
08-May-07 - 03:49 AM
Thread Name: BS: Lizzie - dyslexia
Subject: RE: BS: Lizzie - dyslexia
I think there are issues around kids (and adults) who haven't had the sort of early intervention dianavan describes now being slapped with the dyslexic label at the drop of a hat. It was frightening, the number of universty students I taught who were dyslexic - having had to do training in dyslexia awareness as part of my job, I'd question the diagnosis in at least half the students I taught who allegedly had it.
My ex-husband, who writes for the same paper as AA Gill, used to tell me how the subs moaned at how awful Gill's spelling and punctuation were, and what a nightmare it was to work on his pieces...he clearly hadn't made his dyslexia common knowledge, and everyone just thought he was a bit crap.
I guess they know now.