Dyslexia : a history / Philip Kirby and Margaret J. Snowling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kirby, J. Philip, author.

Snowling, Margaret J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dyslexia.

Dyslexia--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal, Quebec : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2022]

Summary:

This first comprehensive history of dyslexia charts a journey that begins with Victorian medicine and continues to dyslexia becoming the most globally recognized specific learning difficulty. Philip Kirby and Margaret Snowling use a historical lens to explain current debates around dyslexia, and to reflect on the place of literacy in society.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

What's in a Word? Dyslexia in Historical Perspective

Foundations

Dyslexia Discovered: Word-Blindness, Victorian Medicine, and Education (1877–1917)

Dyslexia Goes Global: Psychology, Childhood, and Trans-Atlanticism (1925–48)

Evidence

Dyslexia Discussed: The Foundation and Work of the Word Blind Centre (1962–72)

Researching Dyslexia: From the Discrepancy Definition to Cognitive Neuroscience (1964–2009)

Recognition: The Example of Britain

Tackling Dyslexia: Class, Gender, and the Construction of a Dyslexia Infrastructure (1962–97)

Dyslexia Legislated: Literacy, Policy, and the Achievement of Official Status (1962–2010)

Legacies

Dyslexia Today and Tomorrow: Discourses of Dyslexia in the Twenty-First Century

Conclusion

Timeline: Fifty Key Dates

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Kirby, Philip Dyslexia

ISBN:

9780228015406

0228015405

9780228015390

0228015391

OCLC:

1331149739