Dyslexia 1

Introduction
The term dyslexia is not a newly invented concept. It’s a term that has emerged over the years as one of the world’s leading explanations, as to why some individuals are confronted with certain learning difficulties, especially within the learning institutes. According to Beaton (2004) the first case of dyslexia was reported by Pringle- Morgan a general practitioner and Hinshelwood, an ophthalmologist over one hundred years ago. Despite its long history however, the dyslexia phenomena has been and   still remains a concept that has generated a considerable amount of controversies and debates over the years, particularly within the field of psychology, education, politics, to medical personnel and clinicians.
Its debates has stretched from one end of the spectrum to another, by researchers such as Lyon, Shaywitz & Shaywitz (2003) who has argued passionately on the true existence of dyslexia as being neurological in nature, which means that dyslexia is a problem that can be physically located in the brain, to others such as well known politicians as MP Graham Stringer according to the BBC news on the 14th of January 2009 who has argued strongly that dyslexia is just fictional, a myth and that its very existence is erroneous. According to the BBC news, MP Graham Stringer emphasized on the point that the term dyslexia was coined in order to cover up the poor teachings at schools. Also reported by the BBC on the 14th January was an interview with a dyslexic individual namely Colin Shoreman who robustly disagreed with MP Graham Stringer’s view on dyslexia. According to the BBC News, Colin Shoreman stated that dyslexia is not a myth because his life experiences have proven otherwise. As reported by the BBC News Colin Shoreman asserted that because of his dyslexia, he has trouble finding a job and when he does, he has to settle for menial jobs because people call him thick, lazy and stupid.
There has been a great deal of literature that has been...