![Rapid Automatized Naming (RAN) and Its Impact on Dyslexia [Premium]](https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Rapid-Automatized-Naming-357x250.png)
"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...
![Dyslexic Mathematicians: Paradoxes and Insights [Premium]](https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Dyslexic-Mathematicians-Paradoxes-and-Insights-5-400x250.png)
"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...
![George Church: Genomics Pioneer [Premium]](https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Genomics-Pioneer-400x250.jpg)
"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,...
"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...
"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...
How often do individuals with dyslexia also have dyscalculia, a specific disability in math? As many as 60% of of dyslexic students may also be dyscalculic, but math difficulties are rarely tested for in schools, so specific needs for a particular student are rarely...
When I heard that what's been called America's Stonehenge, Opus 40, was hand-built by a dyslexic artist, I wasn't really surprised. A lot of dyslexics are grand slam-type creators. Harvey Fite spent half his life creating the Opus 40 Sculpture Park. He hand cut and...
![Storytelling in Math for Dyslexia [Premium]](https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Storytelling-in-Math-400x250.jpg)
In our book, The Dyslexic Advantage, storytelling is a strength that we discovered after all our in-depth interviews and study of dyslexic people. Cultivation of this super power might seem obvious for creative writing or entrepreneurship or other aspect of workplace...
![Eugene Matusov on Teaching and Motivation [Premium]](https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Eugene-Motivation-400x250.jpg)
I recently discovered Eugene Matusov's writings on motivation and agency. He is a professor at the University of Delaware and he is also dyslexic. I found it interesting that he ended up choosing a career teaching other teachers and yet his early years seem to be...
![Dyslexia and Motivation [Premium]](https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Dyslexia-and-Motivation-e1636482950160-400x250.jpg)
"Self-esteem and motivation are important in a child with dyslexia. It is important that they not feel like a failure just because their mind thinks in a different way. It is important to understand what dyslexia is in order to be able to understand the importance of...
![Dyslexia and Accelerated Reader [Premium]](https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Accelerated-Reader-400x250.jpg)
Accelerated Reader (AR) is a popular computer-based reading program. It does not remediate students with dyslexia. It just offers books at different levels and nudges students to an "appropriate level of challenge," in addition to offering comprehension tests to check...
![The Strange Case of Reading Small Words [Premium]](https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Strange-Case-2-400x250.jpg)
A parent may notice it first in a beginning reader or an adult who finds it exasperating when trying read aloud - why is it that the "small words" are so easy to skip or misread? It is a sign of dyslexia? The skipping or misreading of small words can be...
