Life Lessons Playing Ball

One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something.— Nolan Ryan

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Captain America: Anthony Mackie

Anthony Mackie revealed that he was dyslexic on the Kelly Clarkson show, after describing the reading requirements for the Marvel scripts because of the top secret nature of stories.

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Genetic Variation Research: Dyslexia & ADHD

A UK research group conducted a genome-wide association study of dyslexia, ADHD, autism, anorexia, anxiety, bipolar, major depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, Schizophrenia, and Tourettes Syndrome.

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Reading Comprehension vs Decoding

For young children who seem to be reluctant readers, it may be hard to know where the reading problems occur. If comprehensive testing by a professional is available, the result can provide valuable information. Where are the difficulties occurring?

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Harrison Ford: Han Solo, Indiana Jones, Jack Ryan, Late Bloomer

Late blooming is a typical profile for dyslexic young people because their talents and their challenges are all over the place – and things you’re supposed to learn in school (reading, writing, arithmetic) are difficult if not impossible to automate.

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Writing: Narrowing the Open-Ended Prompt

If the writing prompt were narrowed it would be easier. Open-ended prompts can be paralyzing and students may twirl their pencils for a while and then put them down.

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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...

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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 […]

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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 […]

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