Day: January 10, 2014

Mistaking Dyslexia and ADHD as Normal Variations or Gifts is Potentially Dangerous, warns Dr. Harold Levinson.

“Seldom have I found patients with dyslexia or ADHD who claim they wouldn’t have achieved more and easier without their handicap.“ New York, NY (PRWEB) January 07, 2014 According to Dr. Levinson, the well-intended conviction that dyslexia and related ADHD are normal brain variations and even gifts, rather than medical disorders, is misleading and thus …

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New exams discriminate against dyslexics.

The new English Baccalaureate Certificate, which is to replace GCSE examinations, will have a detrimental effect on those with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, claims a leading charity. Under plans announced by Education Secretary Michael Gove, the GCSE’s mix of external exams, course work and internal assessment will be replaced by a single external …

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