You're not alone. Some dyslexic students may prefer to read silently rather than 'read' all their books by ear. Reasons for this vary, but usually these students have significant auditory processing weakness or trouble with sustained auditory attention. At younger...
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In our one of our Premium magazine issue, we wrote about the scientific basis of late blooming and why dyslexics students – and gifted dyslexic students in particular are likely to be this way. Shelley Wear, a long-time Dyslexic Advantage volunteer and teacher of dyslexic students shared this note in which we thought we’d share with you because it raises a very important issue for students in middle school: “Fantastic article on “The late Bloom”! I have seen some of my middle school students with LD jump 2-3 grade levels during 6th-8th grades. I find that students who need decoding skills don’t seem to get taught it after about 4th grade, unless they are being assisted by a parent, sibling, speech pathologist, or other professional […]
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From our Community: Can Dyslexia and Dysgraphia Affect IQ Scores? My son got officially diagnosed with both dyslexia and dysgraphia this week. I suspected he would come back with the diagnosis. What surprised me a bit were his IQ scores. The scenario is a common one – one sibling is dyslexic while the other is not. The non-dyslexic student qualifies easily for a highly capable / gifted program while the dyslexic one does not…although that may be the one who is a “head turner” because of creative thinking, intuitive leaps, and general reasoning and questioning capacity. The short answer is YES. There are many individual factors that can affect the accuracy of a student’s testing. A student’s temperament (perfectionistic, introverted), oral fluency, persistence / resilience, verbal […]
WOW! Joe Wright's The Darkest Hour was rightly been nominated for 6 Academy Awards winning top Oscars for Gary Oldman (Best Actor) and Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski, and Lucy Sibbick for Best MakeUp and Hair Styling). Look at Gary Oldman's transformation into...
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Not all dyslexics are “visualizers.” In our survey, about 7% did not agree with the statement that they primarily processed information in a nonverbal way. Strong verbalizer dyslexics may need to talk about issues in order to understand and remember them. Even if they learn from pictures or experiences, they have a running commentary in their head about what they are seeing and experiencing. Compared to visualizers, they have an easier time retrieving words and may perform better in language-heavy academics. SOME STRONG VERBALIZERS DON’T HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE VISUAL IMAGES
Some of these students may have little or no “picture” memory, meaning that they struggle taking a mental snapshot of what they see. In the younger grades, they may especially struggle […]
If you're not aware, there are new voices calling for changes in how we refer to individuals in groups such as ours. In the 1980's, various advocacy groups called for changes in how we refer to people in order to avoid stigmatizing or dehumanizing people. For...
Great question. The degree of accommodations and or modifications should be individualized. SPELLCHECK Severely dyslexic students may need to dictate written work or keyboard work using spelling check. One favorite teacher of ours told us that she had a breakthrough...
Although there is now a substantial research literature documenting the presence of auditory and motion processing differences among children and adults with dyslexia, for the first time that we know of, a research group is studying whether these differences can...
When Henry's 4th grade teacher announced a trading post project where students would have to come up with an idea to sell, Henry decided to make buttons instead of baking cookies or cupcakes which were the most commonly chosen products. With buttons like "I...
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IS IT PROCRASTINATION OR TROUBLE KNOWING HOW TO BEGIN? Go Through This List to Get to the Starting Block! DO I HAVE WHAT I NEED TO BEGIN? This may be one of the most common reasons why young dyslexic writers don’t start. They’re not sure what the prompt is asking for or they don’t know how to narrow a complex subject. Often it’s the flipside to the positive ability to see so many possibilities. Sometimes it helps to help them think about how they would explain the subject to a young child. STARTING HACKS: Hacks for this temporary halt include: brainstorming with a partner to get a topic, putting together a mindmap or list of possibilities, then crossing out ideas you want to give up. […]
Once considered a 'dud' because of his dyslexia, David Austin of David Austin Roses became one of the most accomplished rose growers in the world. He was awarded the Order of the British Empire and Victoria Medal of Honor by the Royal Horticultural Society. "Dyslexia...
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Courage takes many forms, but if you are a member of this dyslexia community, chances are, you have it and have many times in your life when your courage was tested. Merriam Webster’s dictionary defines courage as the mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty. The childhoods for most in this community are not carefree. However, there is a positive destination and there are signs that this world is slowly changing for the better. In this article, I thought I’d share excerpts from a recently published PhD that I found inspiring. The researcher was interviewing successful first-generation college students to find out why they were successful. These students were clearly gutsy, resilient, and hard-working, but they also shared the […]
