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Hi Robert, Yes, you are undoubtedly correct and the figures are an under-representation but they are all that is available. As HEIs will be using self-classification....i.e. numbers of students who tick the "dyslexia box" then there is bound to be some variation but it is reasonable to assume that all students who declare as dyslexic will have at some point had a formal diagnosis. The 2005 report by the LSC and the Dyslexia Institute (The Incidence of Hidden Disabilities in the Prison Population) distinguishes between dyslexia and other literacy difficulties and discusses this issue at length: they find that there is evidence for a higher incidence of SpLDs within the prison population. See: http://www.dyslexia-inst.org.uk/pdffiles/Hidden%20Disabilities%20Prison. pdf ATB Claire Claire Wickham Senior Disability Officer Disability Resource Centre University of the West of England Frenchay Campus Coldharbour Lane Bristol BS16 1QY Tel: 0117 328 3737 Textphone: 0117 32 83644 Fax: 0117 32 82935 1) The HESA statistics are collated from figures supplied by individual universities. There is no need for any students with dyslexia to make themselves known to their universities if they do not want to do so. The HESA figures may therefore be underestimates. 2) As far as I am aware there is no check, by HESA or anyone else, on whether different universities use comparable definitions of dyslexia. 3) My opinion is that different educational psychologists are quite likely to come to different conclusions in assessing the same student. There is no definition of dyslexia which can be used to give predictable conclusions from assessments. Even if there were, it would take a long time for it to be universally applied. 4) I have no experience myself of dyslexia assessment in prisons or through the probation service, but I suspect that criteria used in those fields may be significantly different from criteria used in HEIs. I have absolutely no evidence, but I wonder whether there is a confusion between illiteracy and dyslexia in this area. I'd be glad to receive comments on those points. Best wishes, Robert Robert Edwards Combined Studies Unit & Disability and Dyslexia Service/ Uned Astudiaethau Cyfun a Sylfan a Gwasanaethau Anabledd a Dyslecsia University of Glamorgan/Prifysgol Morgannwg Pontypridd Tel/Ffon: 01443 482981 & 654164 Fax/Ffacs: 01443 482170 & 654175 > -----Original Message----- > From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Turner, Paddy > Sent: 09 January 2007 10:25 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Number of Dyslexic students in HEI? > > Hi Alexandra, > Try this link to the HESA stats > http://www.hesa.ac.uk/holisdocs/pubinfo/stud.htm > should give you most of what you need to know Cheers Paddy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Spain, Alexandra C > Sent: 09 January 2007 10:18 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Number of Dyslexic students in HEI? > > Hi, > > I am currently undertaking an assignment looking at the barriers faced > by dyslexic individuals in institutionalised settings, with a specific > 'compare and contrast' between HEIs and the Prison/Probation Service. > > Would anyone happen to know where I can access data, or if it exists, > that may show the prevalence of dyslexia within HEIs? > Or is anyone able to tell me the number of dyslexic students within > their specific HEI as compared to non-dyslexic students? > > Please feel free to contact me off-list if you wish. Thanks for your > help. > > Best wishes, > > Alexandra Spain > > Disability Officer > Disability & Dyslexia Support > London South Bank University > > Tel: 020 7815 6421 > Email: [log in to unmask] > > > > This e-mail message may be confidential and is intended only for the > use of the individual(s) to whom it is addressed. It may contain > information which is or may be confidential, non-public or legally > privileged. Please do not disseminate or distribute this message other > than to its intended recipient without permission of the author. You > should not copy it or use it for any purpose nor disclose its contents > to any other person. If you have received this message in error, > please notify me by email immediately and delete the original message > and all copies in your computer systems. > This incoming email to UWE has been independently scanned for viruses by McAfee anti-virus software and none were detected This email was independently scanned for viruses by McAfee anti-virus software and none were found