Journal article
Worried mothers? Gender, class and the origins of the 'dyslexia myth'
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The 'dyslexia debate' continues to attract attention. Recent years have seen a spike in critics claiming that dyslexia is no more than a myth. Such views have received widespread coverage in the media and elsewhere, and been met with a series of counter-arguments by the dyslexia community. Missing from the debate, however, is a historical perspective. In this article, the origins of the modern dyslexia movement are explored, casting light on three key tenets of the dyslexia myth: dyslexia's p...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- https://www.jstor.org/stable/45214452
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John Fell Fund
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Oral History Society Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Oral History Journal website
- Volume:
- 47
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 92–104
- Publication date:
- 2019-04-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-09-23
- ISSN:
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0143-0955
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- Language:
- English
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pubs:921382
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- pubs:921382
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- Deposit date:
- 2018-09-24
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- Oral History Society
- Copyright date:
- 2019
- Rights statement:
- © 2019 Oral History Society
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