Whose Dyslexia Matters? A Critical Discourse Analysis of a Special Issue in Reading Research Quarterly

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Abstract

Reading Research Quarterly (RRQ) recently published a special issue on dyslexia. The authors of this paper found there to be a disconnect from the 2020 special issues of RRQ in which Milner (2020) called for reading researchers to disrupt racism and Whiteness within our work and critically consider the creation of knowledge, what counts as knowledge, and who creates knowledge and the take on dyslexia presented within the recent RRQ. The purpose of this study was to analyze, via Critical Discourse Analysis, the current RRQ special issue using a DisCrit theoretical framework, in answer to Milner’s call to action, from a critical perspective to help consider how this research might be done in more representative, inclusive, and just ways.

Authors

• Heather E. Waymouth, West Chester University of Pennsylvania

• Sara L Scribner, Plymouth State University

• Keith Newvine, SUNY - College at Cortland

• Brianna J Dickens, Syracuse University