British MP declares dyslexia a myth
Mr Graham Stringer, a Labout MP sparked fierce debate by declaring that dyslexia sis not exist and was only a ruse to cover up bad teaching. He believes that the condition is "false" and believes that it has been used to disguise substandard education. He stated that "the education department rather than admit their eclectic and incomplete methods for instruction are at fault, have invented a brain disorder called dyslexia."
Using Nicaragua and South Korea as examples, he said that if dyslexia existed then there would be noway such countries could acheive literacy rates of nearly 100%. He also criticised what he saw as "financial and educational incentives for being bad at spelling and reading." This was a thinly veiled attack on the £74.8 million paid out to dyslexia sufferers under the umbrella of disability benefits. He has called for this to stop and for wider and more structured teaching to improve the standards of reading, writing, spelling and grammar.
But he came under attack from the British Dyslexia Association (BDA) who told the BBC that Mr Stringer "has failed to grasp he issue." Shirley Cramer of Dyslexia Action said that there is so much evidence to support the existence of the condition and that action was needed to help sufferers.
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