Have you heard what Tom Bennett recently had to say about children who are labeled as dyslexic? Chances are if you follow studies about dyslexia then you have but to the rest of you who do not know what he had to say, he stated that many children that are labeled as being dyslexic have just not been taught to read properly.
Dyslexia or not being taught to read properly?
While Tom Bennett states this, the experts are not backing him up on this. Many experts are finding his belief that those with dyslexia have no clear cause or even that they are just not being taught correctly to be nonsense. He even believes that we are under-diagnosing and over-diagnosing because we have no idea what we are diagnosing.
The suggestion that dyslexia doesn’t exist because you can still teach a child with dyslexia to read is nonsense,” he said. “Dyslexia doesn’t prevent them from reading – it just makes it more difficult.
Laura Lurns · Learning Success expert
Key takeaways
- Some people believe that those who are labeled as dyslexic have not been taught to read correctly.
- Chris Rossiter stated that some children do not display having dyslexia when there is a teacher that they find to be trustworthy.
- Dyslexia does not prevent them from reading but it does make it more difficult.
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