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I’m sure Peter Hitchens writes vile stuff in the Daily Fail most weeks, but this has belatedly caught my eye from a few days ago.
He’s decided that #Dyslexia and #ADHD don’t exist.
He’s blaming parents and teachers for not teaching kids how to read.
A quick online search reveals he’s been spouting this pet theory since the mid noughties.
Zero evidence. Just spite.
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/scottish-daily-mail/20250313/281792814799669
I was already concerned when Health Secretary, Wes #Streeting was proclaiming that mental illness was ‘over diagnosed’ this morning (based on what medical evidence?!)…but I now suspect he’s riding the current ripple in the culture wars against neurodivergents.
While reactionary dinosaurs like Hitchens seem to wonder why life didn’t just stay caught in the aspic of their blinkered 1950’s childhood…Cambridge researchers believe that #dyslexia actually played a key part in human survival, exploration, invention and creativity.
Having worked with many innovative dyslexics I know where my money is. And yes, one of those is my partner, a librarian.
For those like Hitchens who still think #Dyslexia has exploded in the 21st century because of lazy, woke, leftwing teachers…try reading this.
Then imagine you are a young child who cannot read..but desperately wants to read and catch up with their classmates:
@JugglingWithEggs There are a lot of people fuelled by projected self-loathing out there. smh
I'd guess he hasn't checked the wait times for assessment or help, or lack of availability of some meds, or checked the appalling state of SEND for kids.
I suspect he and Rachel Reeves are fully aware…and have realised it’s cheaper to vilify medical professionals, teachers and parents then actually give genuine support to level the playing field.
@JugglingWithEggs That's how I imagine dyslexia sees reading. Fascinating!
This is just one type of visual distortion that dyslexics can experience, and it’s perhaps one of the most severe, but there is a whole range:
http://www.defeat-dyslexia.com/2016/03/6-types-of-dyslexic-visual-distortion/
@JugglingWithEggs wow amazing! I know I myself struggled somewhat, and even today. At the end of a row of text, i find myself whipping my eyes to the other side of the page, and accidentally missing a line. Either I read the same line or I am reading a line before or after... The nonsensical grammar points out to me, I am reading the wrong line.
But with shame of struggling, I usually dont mention what goes on. I do ask sometimes for more time to read.
I think a huge number of people struggled on, over decades, too ashamed to say anything about what they were seeing on the page at school.
Many assume this is just how everyone sees text.
Greater awareness of the condition and potential solutions (colour tinted glasses or putting a coloured film over the page) has led to more children being diagnosed. There should be no shame attached to anyone in this journey - child, parent or teacher.
@JugglingWithEggs that’s an amazing way for non-dyslexics, like me, to experience it.
