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MAKE GOOGLE DOCS WORK FOR YOU
Every operating system has its text to speech, but many people like Google Docs' Voice Typing system for its simplicity. Like many text to speech programs, you still need to speak the punctuation, like saying, "comma', or "period." Some errors do occur, but the system...
Understanding Decimals
WHY DECIMALS ARE HARD There are many confusing aspects to decimals that are helpful to recognize when helping students. Contrary to working with whole numbers, longer sequences of numbers are not larger than shorter ones. For instance, with whole numbers, 245 is...
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[PREMIUM] Expressive Language Difficulties & Dyslexia?
Perhaps because dyslexia is already woefully under-identified in today’s schools, the expressive language aspects of dyslexia have taken a back seat in the schools as well as by researchers. Yet, on a daily basis, it may be helpful for dyslexic children and adults to know that expressive difficulties they may indeed be associated with dyslexia. […]
PUTTING A NAME ON IT: Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, and Dyscalculia
The school year begins and then there's a lull. The first days of excitement and change are past and now teachers are trying to figure out their students and students are trying to figure out their teachers. Now is a good time for students to talk to their teachers...
Dyslexics Needs to Meet the Demands of the Future
CNBC had a welcome article about how important dyslexic employees are for increasing demands for creative thinking, design, and leadership. Their review was based on the Ernst and Young research paper The Value of Dyslexia. Excerpt: "dyslexic individuals have...
Dyslexia and the Undercover Billionaire
"Take chances. Take risks. Don't be afraid of what's around the corner. Embrace it." - Glenn Stearns New on Discovery Channel is an 8-part series based on a real-life wager. Glenn Stearns is a super successful billionaire who overcame life hurdles like growing up in...
Why Printed is Better Than E-Books – College Students
Dr. Jean-Luc Velay was kind enough to share his paper called E-book reading hinders aspects of long-text comprehension for adults with dyslexia. The paper's an important read as there is substantial evidence that reading on a screen and reading a printed book is not...
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[PREMIUM] Becoming More Resilent
In one recent study of gifted students with LDs, the most common characteristic was FRUSTRATION. Gifted dyslexics and dyslexic students in general are more frustrated than lower IQ peers with low reading achievement and it is easy to see why. Despite high intelligence and creativity, they may have little opportunity to showcase their strengths and […]
READING FLUENCY: Phrase Craze
Once students have made significant progress with single word decoding, reading fluency practice can be rolled into reading practice with phrase cueing. HERE is a nice review of reading fluency approaches that includes a discussion of phrased reading. Phrase scooping...
Dyslexia’s Visual Storyteller Norman Rockwell
Dyslexia and storytelling seem to go hand ind hand, whether it's a best selling novelist, Fortune 500 CEO, or illustrators. Norman Rockwell, hailed by many as America's greatest iconic illustrator, is probably part of this club. "Dear fragile Norman Rockwell. He grew...
INTERVIEW: Dr. Brock Eide & the Neurolearning Dyslexia App
After writing The Dyslexic Advantage and co-founding this non-profit, why did you decide to create this innovative dyslexia screening app? After 20 years working in this field it's become clear that the biggest problem facing dyslexic people is access. That includes...
Chat with Jack Churchill, Winston’s Great Grandson & Co-Founder of SCANNING PENS
Jack Churchill, Winston Churchill's great grandson also graciously took time out his busy schedule to talk with us about his wonderful scanning pens that are now taking the dyslexia world by storm. Scanning Pens is also one of Dyslexic Advantage newest sponsors - so...
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