ABSTRACT
Pumfrey D. and Reason R. remember the late Professor Meredith from the University of Leeds describing dyslexia as the 'unidentified flying object of psychology'. Although there is no universally agreed definition or language to describe dyslexia, governments and legislators now recognise and accept that it does exist. Despite most authorities on dyslexia agreeing that dyslexia is inherent, congenital, and therefore present at birth, it is not now generally considered a medical issue, and forms no part of the medical training for doctors and nursing staff. Traditionally the medical model holds that the problem is located within the individual. There may be visual and/or phonological difficulties and there are usually some discrepancies in educational performance. The use of the word dyslexia implies that it is one easily definable condition, which is domain specific and therefore attributable to one area of the brain.
