There is no consensus as to what it is and how to diagnose it. People describe all sorts of symptoms as dyslexia. And if you do diagnose it, it does not point to any intervention in particular, ... It's one of those terms that is like the Cheshire Cat — if it does exist, we don't know what to do about it.

Julian Elliott

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Contrary to claims of 'miracle cures', there is no sound, widely-accepted body of scientific work that has shown that there exists any particular teaching approach more appropriate for 'dyslexic' children than for other poor readers.

— Julian Elliott

If you are going to include numbers and music the term is getting meaningless.

— Julian Elliott

After three decades as an educationist, first as a teacher of children with learning difficulties, then as an educational psychologist and, latterly, as an academic who has reviewed the dyslexia literature, I have little confidence in my (or others') ability to offer a diagnosis of dyslexia,

— Julian Elliott

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We wanted to show people, absolutely and as a matter of fact, where we came from. We wanted to put to bed the idea that we were weaned on Black Sabbath and Deep Purple. Those were the bands our older brothers listened to. Our true love was always the three-minute pop song.

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I feel it’s unfortunate that some people are taking advantage of a bad situation, ... I’m keeping my prices as low as I can.

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