Create Your Story: Dyslexic Individuals Have Great Stories To Tell Dyslexic individuals can’t always get these wonderful stories from their heads onto paper. However, they have the images to create these stories in many shades and colours and add...
My Dyslexic Adult Son and His Struggle At School This dyslexic adult happens to be my own son Keanu! I've shared some of his story previously. I find it interesting that I can give you a more detailed personal account of his schooling than he can...
It's Easy To Just Focus on Limits With Dyslexia When I found out that my son was dyslexic - he was in Year 2 - I truly believed that he will be limited in his choices, the professions, degrees, jobs and opportunities! Deep down – when I am really...
FOCUS – Are you with me? ‘Where are you?’ – Here. ‘What time is it?’ – Now. ‘Who are you?’ – This moment. These are the words from the final scene of the movie ‘The Peaceful Warrior’. It seems so very simple to be here and focused and...
Exercises to cross the midline may not be enough to correct dyslexia - and just being able to listen to the teacher for longer doesn't always mean than the information gets processed properly and leads to the desired results, but it definitely is a...
I really think I ought to put Finland onto my bucket list - with the amount of posting I do about this rather small country, which seems to have the most innovative educational and social approaches. This one highlights the value of silence to not...
Our ability/inability to focus Did you know that the average person unlocks his or her phone 110 times a day? According to the study by Locket (an app creator), we not only can't help but check our smart phones incessantly, we also use them 195 min...
If you have seen young kids just going off into their own little world - or even if you have failed to notice them do so, this will make you smile: Do YOU appear to be FOCUSED? It gives you a snapshot into the life of a daydreaming student - and in...
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