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 |