Dyslexic learners, children and adults, often stumble over the little words, either leaving them out when reading or writing - or substituting them for a similar word, which may or may not have the same meaning. (e.g. for / from; a / the; in /...
Beat this! Interestingly Maths is sometimes a real strengths and other times a huge struggle for dyslexic individuals. There is the visual way of understanding mathematical concepts that can work very well in their favour, but often the learning of...
More and more actors and actresses are coming out: they are dyslexic. I don't think it's 'fashionable', but it helps explain why they are really good at their profession: An actor who has a visual way of feeling himself into a role would of...
This article by Judy Endow does come from the field of Autism but I have found the problem sometimes in my dyslexic clients: They have great ideas, wonderful stories and a lot of insight worth sharing - but what eventually comes out of their mouth...
Jimmy reads really well. He makes hardly any mistakes. With a frown of intense concentration he shows off his skills and they are quite remarkable. The odd small word may be changed or deleted, but nobody notices. Parents and teachers are happy -...
Of course there is a lot of talk nowadays about how gifted many dyslexics are, but there are still thousands of them out there, in classrooms and boardrooms, hiding their inabilities to read and feeling anything but smart, gifted or talented. Ron...
Does the cartoon look familiar? I have been reminded of my middle son, who had seen his big sister and older brother go off to school and finding it easy and fun. Keanu couldn't wait to be one of these kids with the school uniform, Â being one of...
Do you ever wonder if you should learn to speed read? It seems a very attractive notion to many dyslexic adults who are able to read, but don't enjoy it or don't get enough comprehension after their first reading (usually requiring them to re-read...
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