Julian Elliott
Julian Elliott
Professor Julian 'Joe' Elliott, FAcSS is an academic and educational psychologist. He is the current Principal of Collingwood College and Professor of Education at Durham University. He has caused controversy by describing dyslexia as a 'useless term' and a 'meaningless label'...
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If you are going to include numbers and music the term is getting meaningless.
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Contrary to claims of 'miracle cures', there is no sound, widely-accepted body of scientific work that has shown that there exists any particular teaching approach more appropriate for 'dyslexic' children than for other poor readers.
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There is no consensus as to what it is and how to diagnose it. People describe all sorts of symptoms as dyslexia. And if you do diagnose it, it does not point to any intervention in particular, ... It's one of those terms that is like the Cheshire Cat if it does exist, we don't know what to do about it.