Wikipedia:WikiProject Dyslexia/Proposed organization

This is a strawman organization.

The previous Wikipedia Dyslexia Project proposal was based solely on Developmental Dyslexia in the dyslexia article. While adding a proviso at the head of the article

. This does not provide any clarity for those who read the dyslexia article as to the differences between Developmental Dyslexia and Alexia (acquired dyslexia) or the similarities. The reader is not provided with sufficient information as to the different types of dyslexia, to enable them to make an informed judgement as to which article they should read.

The dyslexia article and the new developmental dyslexia article edit

1) Create a new Developmental Dyslexia article.

Copy and paste the Developmental Dyslexia content from the current Dyslexia article to the new Developmental Dyslexia article, with a few minor alterations.
Category:Developmental dyslexia change the main category article from the dyslexia article to the new Developmental Dyslexia article.

2) After creating the new Developmental dyslexia article as outlined above, it will then be possible to revise the content of the existing dyslexia article to become a summary of Dyslexia in general, Developmental Dyslexia, and Alexia (acquired dyslexia).

Create a new section "Developmental Dyslexia" and use the existing content and citations to created a summary of Developmental Dyslexia
Include a Main article template to the new Developmental Dyslexia article
Remove surplus content which will not be included in the new revised dyslexia article
Create a new section "Alexia (acquired dyslexia)" and provide a similar summary and main article link.
Provide a new lead section to describe dyslexia in general and outline the two main types of dyslexia (Developmental Dyslexia and Alexia).

By following the action plan above, the links to the current dyslexia article will be retained and the complexity of moving the dyslexia article is avoided.

The alexia articles edit

The main Alexia (acquired dyslexia) article needs to be expanded to describe what Alexia is, provide a history of Alexia, and become a summary article the various subtypes of Alexia articles.

From the late 19th Century until the 1950s & 1970s alexia was defined by two "Neuroanatomical Alexias" either "Alexia with Agraphia" or "Alexia with out Agraphia". Frontal Alexia was known for some time as the "Third Alexia" (See Neuroanatomical Alexias sub section below)
Researchers were seeing and needed to explain a great many sub types or variation. To help explain these subtypes researchers began to develop theoretical models of reading to explain these variations. We need to create an article which describes the various reading models which have been devised and used to help explain Alexia.
Psycholinguistic models of reading defined the new categories and subtypes of Alexia during the 1980s and 1990s. Some articles already exist which describe these sub-types of Alexia, many of which require expanding and or copy editing.We also need to create article for the remaining subtypes of Alexia. (see the "Psycholinguistic - Peripheral Alexias" and "Psycholinguistic - Peripheral Alexias" sub sections below)

Neuroanatomical Alexias edit

1) Alexia with Agraphia (Central Alexia)
2) Alexia with out Agraphia (Pure Alexia)
3) Frontal Alexia
4) Spatial Alexia

Psycholinguistic - Central Alexias (with an aphasia) edit

1) Deep dyslexia (alexia)
2) Phonological dyslexia (alexia)
3) Semantic dyslexia (alexia)
4) Surface dyslexia (alexia)

Psycholinguistic - Peripheral Alexias edit

1) Pure Alexia
2) Neglect Alexia
3) Attentional Alexia