Windows of reflection: Conceptualizing dyslexia using the social model of disability

Dyslexia

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 347-362

  Macdonald, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adults with dyslexia; Disability politics; Disabling barriers; Social class; Social model of disability; Sociology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARRATIVE; NEUROBIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPECIAL EDUCATION;

DISABLED PERSONS; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 70350759794     PISSN: 10769242     EISSN: 10990909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dys.391     Document Type: Article

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