The Stigma of Dyslexia
It seems that after thirty or forty years of education and awareness raising, dyslexia is still misunderstood.
Federal Judge Halts Missouri Executions is a story about how a judge put a stop to the execution by lethal injection of a prisoner. One of the reasons the judge gave was that the a surgeon involved with the executions was dyslexic.
“The court is gravely concerned that a physician who is solely responsible for correctly mixing the drugs … has a condition which causes him confusion with regard to numbers,'’ [Judge] Gaitan wrote.
Never mind that dyslexia is a problem with letters not numbers (that’s dyscalculia). The real issue is the perception that a surgeon, after countless years of eduction and training, still cannot be trusted to do their job because they are dyslexic.
Find Out More:
Books:
- Dyslexia: Seeing Spells Achieving: Improve your spelling, reading, memory, dyslexic symptoms, in any language, by using your brain the way nature intended, through NLP and visualisation
- Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level
- Reversals: A Personal Account of Victory over Dyslexia
- Nature’s Ritalin for the Marathon Mind: Nurturing Your ADHD Child With Exercise
- How To Reach and Teach Children and Teens with Dyslexia: A Parent and Teacher Guide to Helping Students of All Ages Academically, Socially, and Emotionally
June 27th, 2006
Dyslexia
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