Comments on: Correcting misrepresentations of LD http://LDBlog.com/2005/08/30/correcting-misrepresentations-of-ld/ News, commentary, and resources about Learning Disabilities Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:47:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Rhonda Stone http://LDBlog.com/2005/08/30/correcting-misrepresentations-of-ld/#comment-5330 Rhonda Stone Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:59:15 +0000 http://johnl.edschool.virginia.edu/blogs/LDBlog/2005/08/30/correcting-misrepresentations-of-ld/#comment-5330 Sad but true that the scientific community agrees with G. Reid Lyon that we "read through our ears" (the phonological processing hypothesis of reading) and ignores visual processing problems. Also sad but true that credible doctors and scientists agree that visual processing problems exist, but couldn't possibly be related to reading problems. Ummm, excuse me? Phonological processing problems can cause reading difficulty but visual processing problems can't? American parents, it's time to get angry with the research community. They are totally and completely illogical. "Scotopic sensitivity syndrome" is poorly understood by scientists because they haven't taken the time to investigate it properly. Whose fault is that? Helen Irlen's (the American psychologist commonly associated with the discovery)? Or a boorish and lazy scientific community? Sincerely, Rhonda Stone Author, The Light Barrier Parent advocate, children's light-based health and learning issues Sad but true that the scientific community agrees with G. Reid Lyon that we “read through our ears” (the phonological processing hypothesis of reading) and ignores visual processing problems. Also sad but true that credible doctors and scientists agree that visual processing problems exist, but couldn’t possibly be related to reading problems. Ummm, excuse me? Phonological processing problems can cause reading difficulty but visual processing problems can’t? American parents, it’s time to get angry with the research community. They are totally and completely illogical. “Scotopic sensitivity syndrome” is poorly understood by scientists because they haven’t taken the time to investigate it properly. Whose fault is that? Helen Irlen’s (the American psychologist commonly associated with the discovery)? Or a boorish and lazy scientific community?

Sincerely,
Rhonda Stone
Author, The Light Barrier
Parent advocate, children’s light-based health and learning issues

]]> By: LDblog » Mayo Clinic perpetuates myths http://LDBlog.com/2005/08/30/correcting-misrepresentations-of-ld/#comment-242 LDblog » Mayo Clinic perpetuates myths Thu, 01 Sep 2005 10:09:03 +0000 http://johnl.edschool.virginia.edu/blogs/LDBlog/2005/08/30/correcting-misrepresentations-of-ld/#comment-242 [...] Link to the first of the series of Web pages about dyslexia. Link to our recent post about reversals, to an earlier post about reversals, and to a page explaining more about that myth. [...] [...] Link to the first of the series of Web pages about dyslexia. Link to our recent post about reversals, to an earlier post about reversals, and to a page explaining more about that myth. [...]

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