02939nam 2200577 450 991077488910332120230527060120.00-2280-1540-50-2280-1539-110.1515/9780228015390(MiAaPQ)EBC29449040(Au-PeEL)EBL29449040(CKB)24730408600041(DE-B1597)655942(DE-B1597)9780228015390(EXLCZ)992473040860004120230527d2022 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDyslexia a history /Philip Kirby and Margaret J. Snowling1st ed.Montreal, Quebec :McGill-Queen's University Press,[2022]©20221 online resource (277 pages)Print version: Kirby, Philip Dyslexia Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press,c2022 9780228014362 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 -- IndexThis 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.DyslexiaDyslexiaHistoryDyslexia.education.history of dyslexia.history of education.neurodivergency.word-blindness.Dyslexia.DyslexiaHistory.618.928553Kirby J. Philip1461424Snowling Margaret J.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910774889103321Dyslexia3668511UNINA