2,813
Views
14
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Developing an ambivalence perspective on medical labelling in education: case dyslexia

Pages 79-94 | Published online: 06 Jul 2007

References

  • Ainscow , M. , Farrell , P. and Tweddle , D. 2000 . Developing policies for inclusive education: a study of the role of local education authorities . International Journal of Inclusive Education , 4 : 211 – 229 .
  • Apold , A. B. and Solvang , P. 2000 . “ Mangfold i forståelse og ensidighet i praksis. Logopeder i klem mellom pedagogikk og juss [Diversity in understanding and one‐sidedness in practice. Speech therapists caught between pedagogy and law] ” . In Funksjonshemming, politikk og samfunn [Disability, politics and society] , Edited by: Froestad , J. , Solvang , P. and Söder , M. 280 – 297 . Oslo : Gyldendal Akademisk .
  • Barnes , C. and Mercerer , G. 2003 . Disability , Cambridge : Polity Press .
  • Becker , H . 1973 [1963] . Outsiders: studies in the sociology of deviance , New York : The Free Press .
  • Bühler‐Niederberger , D. 1991 . Legasthenie: Geschichte und Folgen einer Pathologisierung [Dyslexia: the history and consequences of a pathologisation] , Opladen : Leske und Budrich .
  • Carrier , J. G. 1983 . Masking the social in educational knowledge: the case of learning disability theory . American Journal of Sociology , 88 : 948 – 974 .
  • Coles , G. 1987 . The learning mystique: a critical look at ‘learning disabilities’ , New York : Pantheon Books .
  • Conrad , P. and Schneider , J. W. 1992 . Deviance and medicalisation. From badness to sickness , Philadelphia : Temple University Press .
  • Davis , R. D. 1995 . The gift of dyslexia. Why some of the brightest people can’t read and how they can learn , London : Souvenir Press .
  • Goffman , E. 1968 [1963] . Stigma. Notes on the management of spoiled identity , Harmondsworth : Penguin .
  • Goulandris , N. 2003 . Dyslexia in different languages. Cross‐linguistic comparisons , London : Whurr Publishers .
  • Hedlund , M. 2000 . Disability as a phenomenon: a discourse of social and biological understanding . Disability and Society , 15 : 765 – 780 .
  • Illich , I. 1975 . Medical nemesis. The expropriation of health , London : Calder and Boyars .
  • Leiter , B. 2004 . “ The hermeneutics of suspicion: recovering Marx, Nietszche and Freud ” . In The future for philosophy , Edited by: B. Leiter . 74 – 105 . Oxford : Clarendon Press .
  • Longmore , P. 2003 . Why I burned my book and other essays on disability , Philadelphia : Temple University Press .
  • Lundeberg , I. and Solvang , P. 2004 . Uaktsomhet ved dysleksi [Negligence and dyslexia] . Spesialpedagogikk , 3 : 4 – 13 .
  • Lupton , D. 1997 . “ Foucault and the medicalization critique ” . In Foucault, health and medicine , Edited by: Petersen , A. and Bunton , R. 94 – 112 . London : Routledge .
  • Malacrida , C. 2003 . Cold comfort. Mothers, professionals and attention deficit disorder , Toronto : University of Toronto Press .
  • Malterud , K. and Solvang , P. 2005 . Vulnerability as a strength: why, when and how? . Scandinavian Journal of Public Health , 33 (Suppl. 66) : 3 – 6 .
  • McLaughlin , M. 2005 . “ Inclusive education ” . In Encyclopedia of disability , Edited by: Albrecht , G. 928 – 930 . Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications .
  • Moynihan , R. and Smith , R. 2002 . Too much medicine? . British Medical Journal , 324 : 859 – 860 .
  • Nelson , K. Z. 2000 . På tal om dyslexi. En studie av hur barn, föräldrar och lärare berättar om och ger betydelse åt diagnoser som dyslexi och specifika läs‐och skrivsvårigheter [Talking about dyslexia. A study of how children, parents and teachers speaks about and give meaning to diagnoses such as dyslexia and specific learning difficulties] , Lindköping : Universtity of Lindköping . Lindköping Studies in Arts and Science 209
  • Nevøy , A. 2003 . Special education: an academic discipline in an impasse? . International Journal of Inclusive Education , 7 : 357 – 374 .
  • Oliver , M. 1990 . The politics of disablement , Basingstoke : Macmillan .
  • Palmblad , E. 2002 . Normality, confessions and identity . Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research , 4 : 95 – 117 .
  • Parsons , T. 1964 [1951] . The social system , London : Routledge & Kegan Paul .
  • Phillips , C. B. 2006 . Medicine goes to school: teachers as sickness brokers for ADHD . PLoS Medicine , 3 : e182
  • Pumfrey , P. 2002 . “ Specific developmental dyslexia (SDD). ‘Basics to back’ in 2000 and beyond? ” . In Addressing difficulties in literacy development , Edited by: Wearmouth , J. , Soler , J. and Read , G. 243 – 268 . London : RoutledgeFalmer .
  • Pumfrey , P. and Reason , R. 1991 . Specific learning difficulties (dyslexia): challenges and responses , London : Routledge .
  • Riddell , S. , Brown , S. and Duffield , J. 1994 . Parental power and special educational needs: the case of specific learning difficulties . British Educational Research Journal , 20 : 327 – 344 .
  • Riddell , S. and Weedon , E. 2006 . What counts as a reasonable adjustment? Dyslexic students and the concept of fair assessment . International Studies in Sociology of Education , 16 : 57 – 73 .
  • Riddick , B. 1996 . Living with dyslexia. The social and emotional consequences of specific learning disabilities , London : Routledge .
  • Riddick , B. 2001 . Dyslexia and inclusion: time for a social model of disability perspective? . International Studies in Sociology of Education , 11 : 223 – 236 .
  • Riddick , B. 2002 . “ An examination of the relationship between labelling and stigmatisation with special reference to dyslexia ” . In Addressing difficulties in literacy development , Edited by: Wearmouth , J. , Soler , J. and Read , G. 303 – 319 . London : RoutledgeFalmer .
  • Riska , E. 2003 . Developments in Scandinavian and American medical sociology . Scandinavian Journal of Public Health , 31 : 389 – 394 .
  • Rosenthal , R. and Jacobson , L. 1992 [1968] . Pymalion in the classroom. Teacher expectation and pupils’ intellectual development , New York : Irvington .
  • Røsstad , A. 2002 . Leonardo da Vinci—dyslektiker og geni? [Leonardo da Vinci—dyslexic and genious?] . Tidsskrift for Den norske Lægeforening , 122 : 2887 – 2890 .
  • Scheff , T. J. 1984 . Being mentally ill. A sociological theory , New York : Aldine .
  • Shakespeare , T. 2006 . Disability rights and wrongs , London : Routledge .
  • Skrtic , T. M. 1991 . Behind special education: a critical analysis of professional culture and school organization , Denver : Love Publishing Company .
  • Smith , F. 1986 . Insult to intelligence. The bureaucratic invasion of our classrooms , New York : Arbor House .
  • Snowling , M. 2000 . Dyslexia , Oxford : Blackwell .
  • Solvang , P. 1994 . Biografi, normalitet og samfunn: En studie av handikappedes veier til utdanning og arbeid i Skandinavia [Biography, normality and society. A study of disabled people’s roads to education and work in Scandinavia] , Bergen : Centre for Social Research, University of Bergen .
  • Solvang , P. 1998 . Velferdsstatens problemlogikk i lys av en debatt om dysleksi [The logic of problems in the welfare state in a debate about dyslexia] . Sociologisk forskning , 2 : 5 – 24 .
  • Solvang , P. 2000 . The emergence of an us and them discourse in disability theory . Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research , 2 : 3 – 20 .
  • Spector , M. and Kitsuse , J. I. 1977 . Constructing social problems , Menlo Park, CA : Cummings Publishing Company .
  • Stone , D. 1985 . The disabled state , London : Macmillan .
  • Sundblad , B. 1995 . Dyslexi? [Dyslexia?] . KRUT , 79 : 82 – 88 .
  • Tomlinson , S. 1988 . Why Johnny can’t read: critical theory and special education . European Journal of Special Needs Education , 3 : 45 – 88 .
  • White , K. 2002 . An introduction to the sociology of health and illness , London : Sage .
  • Willis , P. 1977 . Learning to labour , Farnborough : Saxon House .
  • Zola , I. K. 1972 . Medicine as an institution of social control . Sociological Review , 1972 : 487 – 504 .

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.