MP says dyslexia is fictional

And he no doubt thinks that Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is malingering, homosexuality is a lifestyle choice, AIDS is a gay disease, and Alzheimers only happens to stupid people. I think he's mwntally confused. Oh no, sorry, I forgot, there's no such thing, he's just full of sh1t. Lash

I have a daughter who was diagnosed with dyslexia during her 6th Form course, so I know that the symptoms are real enough. She was also found to have quite a significant hearing loss at about the same time. The symptoms that she complained of were that the words 'jumped around'. We were fortunate enough to meet a specialist who had studied some German research using coloured lenses and overlays. This seemed to help considerably, once we had found the right colour. I have to say that, some six years on, I rarely hear it mentioned and she is now a secretary and a translator - both of which, of course, require her to read a good deal. I just had this in an email today. You may find it interesting: http://www.emofree.com/a/?3252/Dyslexia/dyslexia-gone-eft.htm

I too saw an article on this on the BBC webpage I was a little shocked and as a layman would say I think there is overwhelming evidence that dyslexia DOES exist and is very real for its sufferers. I wondered how much he was qualified to comment on this issue when I read it. I am also sure that there are many misdiagnosis (there certainly seems a rush to label kids nowadays with "something" whatever there condition) but for someone in his position to state something categorically doesn't exist without overwhelming evidence is a beyond his responsibilities or scope I think

I think the man is a fool and I question his facts and figures. I do not believe that either of the countries he mentioned have 100% literacy as that would mean that those countries have no disabled people, no mentally ill and no blind people. The figures need to be seriously questioned. Dyslexia is present from birth and believed to be genetic so that it tends to run in families. If it was just bad education then whole classes of students with the same teacher would have this problem but that is not the case at all. The disability shows up in pre school or even before that as a inability to recognise the letters of the alphabet. It is pathetic to blame teachers for this. Apparently there have been studies done regarding phonetic teaching instead of word teaching but there is no evidence that one is any better than the other and modern teachers apparently try and incorporate both. After all there are words that cannot be pronounced correctly by pronouncing then phonetically.

Well, I wouldn't believe that dyslexia exists just because that classroom of little boys believes there is, because that just doesn't do it for me. However, since the woman was talking about there being brain scans and scientific evidence and studies, then of course it exists. I guess it's not really a debatable topic, then. However, if this guy knows what kind of teaching practices could eliminate the difficulties from dyslexia, all the better.

He's razy! I am a teacher. Many children mix up their letters, write "b" for "d" and other things. Dyslexia is very real. But that does not mean that the child cannot learn to read. I recently was in a reading academy for teachers. The statistics show that 98% of ALL people can learn to read. This includes severely and profoundly retarded people or brain damaged people. Dsylexia is not a cover up. It is a real problem for many people.

She is wrong, I have dysgraphia and dyscalcula two kids have dyslexia and dysgrapha of my four. my daughter has two of six who have dyslexia and they cannot read well they see things upside down and backwards and spelling is hard for them. Schools in fact try and debunk the kids as having dyslexia or dysgraphia or dyscalculia which is hereditary and passed down from one generation to another but it is not just any disability it is specific and has to do with left and right brain and is very real. Schools do not want to deal with students with this disorder and fight parents and testing I know I have been there now my daughter is with her kids.

Hey littleone! I think that whomever told you that dyslexia is fictional is very misinformed and is very wrong and shouldn't be telling something like that that is not true at all! Dyslexia is a very real disorder! I have know many people that have it and it is not a joke! I don't know where he got this false information, but it is false! There are many people who truly suffer from dyslexia and there are many foundations that are set up for people with this disorder! You can even check it out yourself online! There are even famous people that have come out and said that they are dyslexic like "Cher"! This person that you are referring to is full of seriously wrong information and I don't know what he has against people that are affected with dyslexia but for some reason he does. Maybe you should find out what his problem is!

Whaaaaaaat? You're kidding! I had a teacher in fourth grade in california, Mr. Cesar, I still remember his name, what a great guy! He showed us once on the blackboard how he saw the letter 'e' upside down. That just sounds so bizarre to me that dyslexia can be gotten rid of.