The [DIS] Advantage of Studying Higher Education (HE) with Dyslexia

Authors

Keith Murphy, Technological University DublinFollow

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Abstract

Contemporary discourse and literature surrounding dyslexia is often dominated by notions of disability, deficit, lack, vulnerability, and social expectancies around achievement in education. This paper explores that when students identify dyslexia as a limitation, it becomes a barrier to successful learning and has a negative effect on their identity, which impacts them socially and academically, leading to vicissitudes, voice suppression and what I term, academic imprisonment. Accepting dyslexia as an integral part of the self and viewing it through a prism of difference as opposed to a deficit, are emerging themes for students with dyslexia to help achieve, while studying in Higher Education.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21427/EMP6-KZ61

Recommended Citation

Murphy, Keith (2023) "The [DIS] Advantage of Studying Higher Education (HE) with Dyslexia," Journal of Franco-Irish Studies: Vol. 7: Iss. 1, Article 7.
doi:https://doi.org/10.21427/EMP6-KZ61
Available at: https://arrow.tudublin.ie/jofis/vol7/iss1/7