I refer back to my previous contribution that current good
practice should put the person before the disability. A
dyslexic student will state that "I am dyslexic" but
then they have only themselves to consider. We on the
other hand are dealing with groups of students.
Individuals given time to consider the issue may not wish
to be labled and by their "disability". I have encountered
individuals who prefer to call themselves cirppled, but I
don't supposes we would then use this as the go ahead to
use it as the common generic term in our work. "I am
dyslexic" is a statement of fact, used for information
purposes on a students work, it is not a lable for life.
On Wed, 05 Jul 2000 16:57:12 +0100 David Grant
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Iain Hood wrote:
>
> Of course it's usually just about the time I'm wringing my hands and
> >trying to conclude my thinking on this that a student wanders in and
> >tells me not to use euphemisms and says "Tell it like it is. I'm
> >dyslexic".
>
>
> My preference is to work from how students think of and describe themselves.
> They tend not to say it's something they have got - they tend to say it is
> something they are. It so colours their lives that it is about on a par
> with gender and ethnicity. It would be odd to describe students as
> 'students with femaleness' or 'students with Asianess'.
>
> I remember one female student some years ago who made her own stickers to
> put on her assignments. Placed next to her name the sticker carried the
> legend "I am dyslexic". I would advise 'Dyslexic students' as the most
> appropriate phrase.
>
> [Sods law say that the next undiagnosed dyslexic student I meet will say
> "Have I got it" rather than "Am I?"]
>
> Pedantically yours
>
> David
>
> David Grant, PhD., Chartered Psychologist
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> 3 Rosebank Road
> Hanwell
> London W7 2EW
>
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>
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> >
> >On Tue, 4 Jul 2000 13:25:26 +0100 (GMT Daylight Time) "M.A.Archer"
> ><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> The University of Kent is hoping to advertise for a
> >> Dyslexia Adviser soon. Hoping to avoid offence, should our
> >> advert refer to 'students with dyslexia' or is it okay to
> >> say 'dyslexic students'?
> >>
> >> Mike Archer
> >> Disability Support Co-ordinator
> >>
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> >>
> >>
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> >Iain Hood
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