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MP brands dyslexia a 'fiction'
Jan. 14th, 2009 09:38 pmI want to introduce the MP in this article to a clue-by-four. He just wants an excuse to save £78.4m by getting rid of the disability allowances that many dyslexics receive.
From the BBC article.
A Labour MP has claimed dyslexia is a myth invented by education chiefs to cover up poor teaching.
Backbencher Graham Stringer, MP for Blackley, describes the condition as a "cruel fiction" that should be consigned to the "dustbin of history". He believes the reason many children cannot read and write properly is that the wrong teaching methods are used. But Charity Dyslexia Action said the condition was "very real" to the 6m people in the UK affected by it.
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From the BBC article.
A Labour MP has claimed dyslexia is a myth invented by education chiefs to cover up poor teaching.
Backbencher Graham Stringer, MP for Blackley, describes the condition as a "cruel fiction" that should be consigned to the "dustbin of history". He believes the reason many children cannot read and write properly is that the wrong teaching methods are used. But Charity Dyslexia Action said the condition was "very real" to the 6m people in the UK affected by it.
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