AI or Artificial Intelligence-informed software can be extremely useful in many ways for dyslexic students as well as adults.
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What to Do This Summer?
What should you do this summer? The answer depends a lot on you and your students. Summertime is a great time for families because it usually means getting out and about and getting together with friends and families. For students who may have been spending so much of...
Paul Stankard: Glass Artist
“I loved being innovative and I loved discovering new ways to interpret the flowers…you have to solve one technical problem after the other….pay attention…and follow what is interesting to you…” — Paul Stankard, Master Glass Artist Paul Stankard is a pioneer in glass art and his works can be found at the Smithsonian, Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Louvre, and Corning Museum of Glass among others. When he struggled in school with unrecognized dyslexia, he just thought he was stupid. It wasn’t until he was around the age of 27 that he heard then decathlon winner Bruce Jenner talk about his struggles in school that Paul recognized that he was dyslexic too.
Paul’s father was a chemist and he and his mother […]Math Difficulties Common with Dyslexia
Although the pace of research into dyslexia beyond reading proceeds very slowly, there is some welcome recent research into some of the math challenges that are associated with dyslexia from the University of California. Some of the key findings of the study: -...
A Day in the Life of a Creative Director: Guy Cornet
“It was my dyslexia that made me who I am today.” — Guy Cornet, Creative DIrector Free Partners Creative director Guy Cornet recently reflected on his dyslexia in a recent post on Creative Bloq. It made me listen It made me relate It made me hungry It made me fair It made me think It made me understand people It made me passionate It made me have doctors handwriting It made me a creative From the interview: “A lot of neurodivergent individuals have found solace in the creative space. This is a place that has been built for people who think differently. And the industry needs fresh outlooks to stay ahead of the curve…
Being dyslexic, I found it extremely stressful working […]Nick Koshnick: StoriedWork.com An AI Co-Pilot for Non-Linear Thinkers
Nick Koshnick is a Stanford PhD and seasoned entrepreneur who raised money from companies like Google and Andreessen, and then sold the company.. He’s also dyslexic. Now, he’s co-founded StoriedWork.com with business partner Frank Corrigan. Storied has been nicknamed an “AI Co-Pilot for Non-Linear Thinkers.” Pretty quickly, Nick realized the potential of the app to empower fellow dyslexics.
NON-LINEAR THINKER? NO PROBLEM! For many dyslexic writers, one of the greatest challenges using speech to text is getting the explosion of ideas in your head into a straightforward linear text . The Storied app helps with that – you’re allowed to ramble – and in fact the app expects you to ramble. Talk about your ideas and let the app do its thing. It […]
