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Adults with dyslexia

Adults with dyslexia A seminar on this subject was held during the Annual Meeting of the Orton Society in Boston, 1971, under the chairmanship of Jane McClellan. This summary of the highlights of the seminar is by Elsie Rak. The tradition of literacy in this country and its counterpart, the habit in past years of thinking of illiterates as either slum-dwellers or immigrants, are related to the way adults with language problems regard themselves. The adult dyslexic thoroughly agrees with this outmoded view and desperately hides his weakness in a variety of ways. One man, trying to study in an interval between scheduled work at night, was driven from room to room by people walking in and finally wound up in the latrine. One time he left his instructional materials at work. He solved the problem of his embarrassment by writing his daughter's name in the books. She was in the first grade. With such exaggerated fears to combat, the best course for the therapist to adopt is an attitude of genuine respect for the student. There is usually something that the student can do better than the teacher, and, in any case, he is a person of worth, just in himself. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annals of Dyslexia Springer Journals

Adults with dyslexia

Annals of Dyslexia , Volume 22 (1): 4 – Jan 1, 1972
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Springer Journals
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1972 The Orton Society Inc.
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0736-9387
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1934-7243
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10.1007/BF02653800
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A seminar on this subject was held during the Annual Meeting of the Orton Society in Boston, 1971, under the chairmanship of Jane McClellan. This summary of the highlights of the seminar is by Elsie Rak. The tradition of literacy in this country and its counterpart, the habit in past years of thinking of illiterates as either slum-dwellers or immigrants, are related to the way adults with language problems regard themselves. The adult dyslexic thoroughly agrees with this outmoded view and desperately hides his weakness in a variety of ways. One man, trying to study in an interval between scheduled work at night, was driven from room to room by people walking in and finally wound up in the latrine. One time he left his instructional materials at work. He solved the problem of his embarrassment by writing his daughter's name in the books. She was in the first grade. With such exaggerated fears to combat, the best course for the therapist to adopt is an attitude of genuine respect for the student. There is usually something that the student can do better than the teacher, and, in any case, he is a person of worth, just in himself.

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Annals of Dyslexia – Springer Journals

Published: Jan 1, 1972

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