The dyslexia label carries simultaneous empowering and stigmatizing potential. Students navigate tension between claiming identity for accommodations and avoiding negative associations. This ambivalence reflects broader disability studies debates. Language patterns reveal dynamic construction and resistance of diagnostic categories.

State University of New York at Binghamton

Lived experiences exceed clinical definitions, fueling ambivalence about diagnostic labels' utility
- Beyond Literacy Boundaries
- Ambivalence About Labels

Dyslexia: Experience-Definition Gap

Lester, J. N. (Ed.). (2021). Discursive Psychology and Disability. Palgrave Studies in Discursive Psychology. Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Reference For: Discursive Psychology and Disability

Despite clinical definitions limiting dyslexia to literacy, participants report mathematics difficulties ("minute math"). These experiences create low self-esteem and stress extending beyond reading/writing. The lived experience exceeds diagnostic boundaries. This suggests label-experience mismatch in official frameworks.

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