The book begins by reviewing past empirical research into dyslexia,
its symptoms and diagnosis into how it affects individuals at
school, at home and lastly in the workplace. Such a review was felt
to be needed to enlighten the reader to the historical aspect of a
condition which many believe to be 'medical in cause, but
educational in treatment'. Whilst dyslexia may have been recognised
by many medical minds for over a century, it has only been fully
recognised by educationalists for less than a decade, thus the
study of secondary manifestations due to a lack of recognition by
teachers is the basis for this book. A review is also given of four
of the authors own published works, of which two form pilot studies
for this book. The main study of N=29 adult dyslexics used both
qualitative (Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis-IPA) and
quantitative methodologies. IPA was found to be beneficial in
understanding the life experiences and secondary manifestations of
participants. The majority of participants were only diagnosed as
dyslexic after leaving school and this the author finds typical of
the many dyslexics he has encountered. Whilst the study set out to
investigate depression as a sub-factor, it turned out to be a main
focus of the study as the majority of those who took part were
depressed at some points in their child and adult lives. Gender
also turned out to be an important variable in understanding how
male and female dyslexics cope with the educational experiences
they encountered.
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