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Jershika Maple Sings Her Heart Out On “The Voice”
"Jershika dedicated her song to the fourth and fifth grade teachers who helped Maple discover she had dyslexia, and it was filled with emotion and power..." — Taste of Country Jershika Maple described the alienation she felt as a 4th grader in Louisiana being...
Creative Math Educator: Our Story of Dyslexia and Math
Paula Beardell-Krieg is an innovative math educator and paper artist who brings all types of math wonder and discovery in her work as a math educator. As an example, check out her flexagon below. I recently had the chance to talk with her about her experiences...
Made by Dyslexia: Kate Griggs
Social entrepreneur Kate Griggs from the UK has a new book called "This is Dyslexia." Recently, Fernette had the chance to catch up with Kate Griggs, founder of the global charity Made by Dyslexia. It's mission is to "help the world to understand, value and...
What You May Not Have Heard About Dyslexia
What You May Not Have Heard About Dyslexia From Dyslexic Advantage's first Conference on Dyslexia and Talent Brock Eide MD MA Dyslexic Advantage, Fernette Eide MD Dyslexic Advantage, Gerry Rittenberg, CEO Party City, Jack Horner, Dinosaur Hunter and MacArthur Genius...
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Getting a Sense for Numbers [Premium]
For many, math is a somewhat mysterious subject. From an early age, some students may stand out from others in their mathematical ability whereas others don't and some may seem to have bewildering difficulty with even basic aspects of numbers and math quantity. The...
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Writing: How to Start [Premium]
WRITING FOR THOSE WHO HAVE TROUBLE STARTING Dyslexic writers who have difficulty beginning to write often suffer from knowing too much and not too little. There will be challenges of spelling and putting ideas into words, but more often there are larger structural...
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Rapid Automatized Naming (RAN) and Its Impact on Dyslexia [Premium]
"Substantial evidence shows that dyslexic readers have problems with rapid naming of visual items. Early research assumed that this was a consequence of phonological processing deficits, but recent findings suggest that non-phonological processes may lie at the root...
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Dyslexic Mathematicians: Paradoxes and Insights [Premium]
"The life narratives of these research mathematicians describe a non-direct pathway to becoming a research mathematician. They describe barriers that could have limited their process, such as calculus focused on memorization, or classes such as organic chemistry...
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George Church: Genomics Pioneer [Premium]
"Your genetics is not your destiny." - George Church Harvard Professor George Church was shaking things up 3 decades ago when he fathered the human genome project and put himself first in line to have his genome sequenced. The world knows a lot about him,...
Congratulations Steven! Season 2 Lego Masters
Congratulations to Steven Erickson and his brother Mark for winning the title of Lego Masters! We previously interviewed Steven in our June 2021 issue where he talked about his dyslexia and how making things always came easy to him although reading and spelling...
Master Storyteller and Teacher Caldecott Winner Jerry Pinkney
"I truly believe dyslexia made me the achiever I am in my art, and it made me who I am as a person..." - Jerry Pinkney It is with great sadness that we learned that Jerry Pinkney, one of the greats of children illustration passed away in October at the age of...
Finding Dyslexia: Don’t Delay
"When I first heard that I had dyslexia, I was overwhelmed by emotions; I was angry, sad, and very confused. With time, I began to see my diagnosis as a self-affirmation. I had been correct in suspecting that I had a problem with learning, when many of the adults...
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