- Title
- Living with dyslexia: Olivia's life history: a research project into the effects of living with dyslexia on the life course
- Creator
- Grimes, Susan
- Relation
- The Oral History Association of Australia Journal Vol. 31, p. 44-49
- Relation
- http://www.ohaa.org.au/page/publications.html
- Publisher
- Oral History Association of Australia
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2009
- Description
- This paper offers an overview of the life history project, 'Living with dyslexia: Olivia's life history', The project utilised unstructured interviewing to provide 'voice' to an individual, Olivia, representing those who have successfully navigated life whilst dealing with the learning difficulty of dyslexia. In the resultant life history, Olivia reflects on her life as an individual dealing with dyslexia, as a parent of a child with dyslexia, and as an individual who chose to become a special education teacher. Her career involved addressing her main challenge, reading and writing, at a very high level. The various influences on the life of Olivia, as related to dealing with the problems of dyslexia, included the importance of acceptance and support from family, presence of positive role models, importance of self esteem, the positive influence of achieving success (in any field of endeavour), and the provision of school support in the form of interested and helpful teachers. A brief examination of some of these identified influences verifies the unique nature of Olivia's life compared to others reported in the literature. The paper concludes by describing a future project in this field.
- Subject
- dyslexia; reading skills; writing skills; learning difficulties
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/916694
- Identifier
- uon:8072
- Identifier
- ISSN:0158-7366
- Language
- eng
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