In people with dyslexia, less grey matter in the brain has been linked to reading disabilities, but new evidence suggests this is a consequence of poorer reading experiences and not the root cause of the disorder. A study compared a group of dyslexic children with two different control groups – an age-matched group included in …
A NEW application has been developed to help dyslexic and visually impaired train passengers. Southern and Gatwick Express have launched the app on their websites – www.southernrailway.com and www.gatwickexpress.com – which is designed to help users access content with much more ease. The system, called Recite, allows those with visual impairment and/or dyslexia to customise …
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WHILE thousands of school leavers anxiously await their university offers on Thursday, those who miss out are urged not to despair – a successful career doesn’t have to hinge on tertiary education. Just ask Daniella Boutros, who at 16 was forced to quit school because of severe dyslexia but has gone on to forge two …
“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 …
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 …
Northumbria University graduate Henry Franks won the award for a collection of re-imagined everyday objects, including an inverted set of mugs, double-hooked coat hangers, pen pots that only hold two or three pens and a set of cork plinths for cups. Description: Poor Memory Pen Pots by Henry Franks. “The motivation was to utilise the …
By Matlin Smith / msmith@lcsun-news.comlcsun-news.com Posted: 06/05/2013 04:34:34 AM MDT For most of her childhood and adolescence, school was a struggle for Karen Tillery. Reading caused painful headaches, teachers’ lectures were garbled with the voices of her classmates and new concepts didn’t register immediately, if at all, and the reasons why were a mystery. “She …
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A new study indicates that dyslexics and non-dyslexics have similar brain activity in the visual cortex, pointing to the possible role of reading experience in dyslexia instead. Dyslexia is the most prevalent of learning disabilities, affecting nearly 12 percent of Americans with reading disabilities and difficulties processing visual information. A new study indicates that dyslexics …
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Recognise this? The visual Spatial Learner things primarily in images and pictures so sees the overall pattern, even if they miss small, unimportant details. They will tend to remember what they see, less so what they hear so visual aids are important in learning. While they can raise interest for complex problems and puzzles better …
Actor Henry Winkler was told he was stupid. A teacher labeled Dan Malloy, the future governor of Connecticut, “mentally retarded.” Delos Cosgrove recalls “hanging on by my fingernails” in high school and college before becoming a thoracic surgeon and the Cleveland Clinic’s chief executive officer. Each has dyslexia, a condition that makes reading difficult but …
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When James Martin was eight, he predicted he’d be a head chef by 30, have his own restaurant by 35 and a Ferrari by 40. Instead, he’d achieved them all by the age of 24. Now that he’s 40, with TV shows including BBC1’s Saturday Kitchen, best-selling books, restaurants, a delicatessen, cookware range and a …
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by Sarah Sipek Mar 6, 2013 For 10-year-old Christopher Anderson, school was a cloud of distractions that he couldn’t seem to break through. He had trouble reading and paying attention to his teacher was nearly impossible with all the competing noises. All that changed when the child was given a personal radio receiver that allowed him to tune out …
Actress Kara Tointon reveals how she copes with dyslexia – and how her love of reading has developed. Former EastEnder and Strictly Come Dancing champion Kara Tointon is reminiscing about the day when, aged seven, she discovered she had dyslexia. ‘They said I was dyslexic but I came out of the test feeling great,’ she …
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Though she is just 9 years old, Lillian Harris is about to become a published author. While coming out with a book before leaving elementary school is an accomplishment, Lillian’s book is even more exceptional because writing is one of her biggest challenges. Lillian, a third-grader at Niedringhaus Elementary, has dyslexia, a reading disability that …
A research team from the University of Padua, Italy has conducted a study suggesting playing fast paced games that stress chaos versus literacy exercises may read with increased speed. The team tested seven to thirteen-year-olds after playing Wii’s Rayman Raving Rabbits for 12 hours over two weeks, and found increased reading speed with no loss …
For teachers “Teaching Thinking Skills across the primary Curriculum; a practical approach for all activities” edited by Belle Wallace, A NACE/Fulton publication (2001) (for the whole class, although an individual programme could be adapted from it) For parents ” Teaching your child Thinking skills” by Edward de Bono (penguin) The Somerset Thinking Skills Course a …
The rationale of thinking skills is to make explicit the components of thinking, allowing children to control and extend these skills to go beyond the specific present information to generalize to other situations, academic and real life. Because humans use many different symbolic systems to capture and communicate experience, we all have different styles (verbal, …
The classical model of Attention Deficit Disorder involves three major themes; inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity. A child can exhibit one or all of these trends to be diagnosed with this specific learning disability. In fact girls tend more often to exhibit inattention only, appearing dreamy and spaced out while boys are more often diagnosed with …