This doesn't surprise me as 'dyspraxia', as a 'condition' is perhaps
connoted with impairment/medical model
Best wishes,
Mairian
>This is interesting. Last year I was asked to run some workshops around the
>subject of Dyspraxia. It is becoming a buzz word in schools and interest is
>always high. There were a number of other people running workshops, all
>regarding 'hidden' disability.
>One of the workshops was very poorly attended and that was dealing with
>deafness. The workshop leader said, I think I'll leave the word 'deaf' out
>of the title next time and see what the response is.
>
>Certainly I find I can talk on a range of special needs in education, by
>putting Dyspraxia in the title. It pulls the crowds! (At the moment).
>Gill.
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>>
>> I do wonder, though, why disability is not even in the
>> sub-title?! Are they
>> worried about a diminished readership, I wonder? I ask because I've just
>> come back from a conference where there was a disability stream (poorly
>> attended) and another stream where there was a disability paper which did
>> not mention disability in the title or abstract (well attended).
>> On talking
>> to the author of this paper, it turned out that this was deliberate - to
>> get people to listen. Has anyone else tried this strategy and what do you
>> think of it?
Mairian Corker
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Department of Education Studies
University of Central Lancashire
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