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From 'Disordered' to 'Diverse': Defining Six Sociological Frameworks Employed in the Study of Dyslexia in the UK
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Macdonald, Stephen – Insights into Learning Disabilities, 2019
This article discusses six theoretical frameworks of disability which dominate studies of dyslexia: (1) the biomedical, (2) the biopsychosocial, (3) the social model, (4) the critical realist, (5) the post-structuralistic, and (6) the neurodivergent approach. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate how models of disability alter our understandings…
Descriptors: Models, Dyslexia, Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities
Brain Basis for Dyslexia: A Summary of Work in Progress.
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Flowers, D. Lynn – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1993
This article summarizes work in progress at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine (North Carolina) on the structure and physiological profiles of reading disability and relates the findings to core left-hemisphere language functions. Data add evidence of the structural anomalies associated with dyslexia and evidence of its heritability, especially of…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Dyslexia, Genetics, Heredity
Dyslexia.
Vellutino, Frank R. – Scientific American, 1987
Examines previous hypotheses of the causes of dyslexia. Proposes that dyslexia results from a subtle language deficiency rather than from defects in the visual system. Discusses current theories and assesses instructional strategies for dyslexics. (ML)
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Instructional Improvement, Language Processing, Learning Disabilities