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The challenge for dyslexic students is that there are so many words to learn – but for many, a double whammy of phonological (sound-based) and orthographic or letter sequence-based weakness make lists challenging to learn and retain.
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What does dyslexia look like in every day life? What are the highs and lows? Answers to these questions often depend on what stage of life you’re in, what came before, support you have from family and friends, and what you’re preparing for in the next step in your life.
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“It’s something that defined me. Dyslexia made me more visual.” – National Geographic photographer Robert Clark Are dyslexic people wired for photography? It’s easy to see how many people might agree. Many dyslexic people describe their preferred ways of processing information as nonverbal rather than verbal. Visuals may make up a significant part of that processing preference; other ways may be kinesthetic or spatial. In his interview with MSNBC, Robert Clark recalled daydreaming in class and not focusing on what was written on the board. What he noticed instead was a pattern of light moving across the wall. I had the chance to ask him about that in an interview: “(I was) in a room where the lights were turned off and there was a […]
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Face-to-face Film Producer: Brian Grayzer
I heard Brian Grayzer’s name mentioned on lists of Hollywood producers who are dyslexic, but only recently learned more about the backstory and motivations for making the films that he does. First, Brian’s dyslexia: “I was getting all F’s, maybe an occasional D, but I had a grandmother, on the other hand, who was telling me that I was special….my mom, she was busy getting me to my tutor and trying to fix the learning disability. My grandmother, on the other hand, didn’t work on those things. She just said, “You’re going to find your way through this. Think big, be big,” you know, she had all those adages. I was kind of living through the adages that my grandmother would say, and I was […]
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Harrison Ford: Han Solo, Indiana Jones, Jack Ryan, Late Bloomer
Late blooming is a typical profile for dyslexic young people because their talents and their challenges are all over the place – and things you’re supposed to learn in school (reading, writing, arithmetic) are difficult if not impossible to automate.
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TEMPERAMENT: WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH DYSLEXIA?
Temperament has been compared to a person’s emotional disposition – or their flavor of responding behaviorally and emotionally to the world. Temperament is a part of a person’s personality – which also includes things like humor, intelligence, interests, and talents.
It’s important to understand temperament when trying to address what might be a child or adult fit in a particular situation, school, or work environment. An understanding of temperament is also helpful for self-knowledge and personal growth because it impacts so many aspects of life, including relationships, motivations, and resilience. In the 1950’s psychologists Stella Chess and Alex Thomas launched a study that set out to identify the different types of temperament in children (reviewed here). The nine traits […]
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