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Labour MP claims dyslexia doesn't exist.

The British media have been awash with articles about dyslexia this week following a Labour MPs outburst claiming that dyslexia doesn’t exist

The Daily Mail headlined with "Dyslexia is a 'cruel fiction that leads to crime and should be put in dustbin of history', says MP."

Kate Griggs was asked to comment giving numerous TV, radio and press interviews.

The Times newspaper reported: Graham Stringer, the Labour MP for Manchester Blackley, wrote in his column for Manchester Confidential magazine: “Dyslexia is a cruel fiction, it is no more real than the 19th-century scientific construction of ‘the aether’ to explain how light travels through a vacuum.”

Kate responded “It amazes me that people can make comments like that when there is so much evidence about dyslexia. It causes great upset and distress. I think comments like this are so unhelpful for the millions of dyslexic children and their parents who are struggling in schools.”

The Guardian reported “MP under fire for questioning existence of dyslexia. Experts say Graham Stringer's views are outdated and 'very, very unhelpful'.

We rest our case.

Times online article

Guardian Article

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