ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the social and political context for dyslexia within a culture. It explores the whole concept of the politicisation of dyslexia with both a small and a large and considers whether the funding provision required to support those with dyslexia is currently sufficiently adequate. The chapter looks at return on investment of appropriately supporting our children with dyslexia in terms of reduced unemployment benefits being paid, significant reduction in numbers within the criminal justice system. However, whilst politicians of all parties agree that education is the route to equality and social justice, what they cannot agree upon is how to achieve it. Despite this there is a symbiotic relationship between politics and education, whereby politics affects education and education affects politics. Nutbrown et al showed that a policy of inclusion is more about an attitude of mind, and working to eliminate prejudice, injustice and inequality. This implies a radical reflection upon our own selves and our own lives.
