'Lexism' and the Temporal Problem of Defining Dyslexia
Craig Collinson
Edge Hill University
Date: Wednesday 30 January 2013
Time: 2.15pm–3.45pm
Place: Eden 109, Liverpool Hope University, UK
Craig Collinson draws on both philosophy and history to explore the possibility that “dyslexics” can be thought of as being “othered” and defined by the social norms and educational practices surrounding literacy, rather than a biological deficit. As such, the disability of 'dyslexia' changes with time, place, and culture. Craig Collinson proposes an alternative model of dyslexia as a “shadow concept”: that is, dyslexia can be thought of as a concept that is created, required, and disguised by another set of concepts surrounding literacy that define the shape and form of the shadow it casts.
Craig Collinson is Academic Support Officer in the Learning Innovation Centre, Edge Hill University.
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