Dyslexia is often presented as a clearly delineated condition that
can be diagnosed on the basis of appropriate cognitive tests with
corresponding forms on intervention. However, this approachable
text explores the issues behind this assertion in bringing together
leading figures in the field to debate dyslexia. Julian Elliott
shows that understandings and usage of the dyslexia label vary
substantially with little consensus or agreement and in putting
forward his critique draws upon research in several disciplinary
fields to demonstrate the irrationality of these arguments.
Roderick I. Nicolson demonstrates that current approaches to
understanding, identification and support of dyslexia are
catastrophically flawed in terms of their failure to consider the
developmental nature of dyslexia. He develops two themes: first
that the underlying cause of dyslexia is 'delayed neural
commitment' for skills and neural circuits, and second that the
cause of the reading disability is the introduction of formal
instruction before the dyslexic child's neural circuits for
executive function are sufficiently developed. He argues that a
more effective and cost-effective approach to identification and
support involves 'assessment for dyslexia' rather than 'of
dyslexia'. Elliott and Nicolson respond to the points each other
raise before Andrew Davis investigates how far the key claims of
Elliott and Nicolson can withstand close conceptual investigation,
and explores the inherent limitations of scientific research on
this topic, given the value and conceptual issues concerned.
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