Category: Dyslexia
What is dyslexia and what can be done to help?
by David Morgan | 2 April 2019 Dyslexia can make learning to read a real challenge, but dyslexics are often exceptionally bright children, with incredible potential. We find that – with the right targeted support – every dyslexic can crack the code and start reading and writing well. If your child is struggling with dyslexia, he or […]
We Can’t Teach Love But We Can Teach Reading
Teachers can speak a lot of things into existence (a quiet line in the hallway, students sitting “criss, cross, applesauce”) but a love of reading isn’t one of them. Enthusiasm is a part of good teaching, but communicating a love of books isn’t the same thing as teaching reading. I learned that the hard way. When […]
Why is it important for a child with dyslexia to have good self-esteem?
Parenting coach, John Hicks, answers questions from parents of dyslexic children about self-esteem and dyslexia taken from the Dyslexia Show Virtual webinar “Why is it important for a child with dyslexia to have good self-esteem?” on the 7th May 2020. Key Links: The Studying With Dyslexia Blog article – www.studyingwithdyslexiablog.co.uk/blog/dyslexia-show-virtual-questions-about-self-esteem The Dyslexia Show – […]
Children’s Confidence Boosted Thanks to Dyslexic Artist’s Reading and Learning Resource
by Rossie Stone MY NAME IS ROSSIE STONE. WHAT HAPPENED TO ME IN HIGH SCHOOL CHANGED ME FOREVER. All my way through school I struggled with processing information through words, both spoken and written. Listening to the teacher was really hard, as was following and remembering information from books. After being at the bottom of […]
Confessions of a Parent of Two Dyslexics
By Barbara Pearce Barbara in blue, with husband Norm, and children, Hope and Bradley I am the last person anyone would go to for information about dyslexia. I grew up as the classic bookworm. My goal was to read every book in my town library, and, from the piles of books I checked out […]
Pigsy
Pigsy tells the story of an artist who struggled for his whole life with severe dyslexia. His school days were defined by the frustration of trying to make sense of the words in front of him. His teachers kicked him out of class, held him back for extra lessons after school, and had him repeat […]
The Gift of Being a Dyslexic Teacher
A dyslexic teacher can be more attentive in the classroom, sensitive to struggling students and modelling how to compensate for this spectrum disorder. By Matthew James Friday Dyslexia creates suffering for many students, but you rarely hear of teachers admitting to having it. Are teachers really still required, in the 21st century, to be models of […]
Password Research/Interview Dyslexics
The School of Design and Informatics in Scotland is carrying out a study on how dyslexics cope with the demands of using passwords. If interested in being a part of this study, contact them by the email or website listed in the ad below.
Dyslexia – Dyscalculia!?
The authors, Dr. Astrid Kopp-Duller and Dr. Livia R. Pailer-Duller, describe in this publication the necessity of intervention at the educational-didactic level, which is of preeminent importance for success in the training of people who have problems with reading, writing, or calculating. Information on ordering is found here: https://www.dyslexia-dyscalculia.com/ Available in English, German, and Spanish. Download PDF-Excerpt! […]
MIT Professor Catherine Drennan on Her Dyslexia and Its Advantages
http://DyslexicAdvantage.org “Don’t listen to what anyone tells you what you can or cannot do…there is no dyslexia ceiling. Doesn’t exist unless you create it in your own mind.” – MIT Professor of Chemistry and Biology Catherine Drennan, PhD. Dr Drennan also shares how she is able to read molecular spatial configurations like how she learned […]
