Federal Court Orders Clark County School District to Reimburse Parents $456,000. A federal court has ordered a school district to reimburse a family that had accumulated significant expenses to document their student's educational needs with dyslexia, ADHD, and...
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"I’ve found that a single screen feels very restrictive to me. I normally have three screens since I jump between tasks a lot. Many neurodiverse people like myself find it difficult to stay focused on one thing for very long. Having my work “scattered” around on...
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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...
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There is a long and diverse research history of dyslexia and documenting the auditory processing difficulties associated with dyslexia that hinder phonological awareness. It's why dyslexic kids will struggle in school when everyone is required to wear a mask. The...
"Children with dyslexia often exhibit increased variability in sensory and cognitive aspects of hearing relative to typically developing peers." - Hornickel et al., 2012 PNAS There is a long research history establishing auditory processing difficulties among...
Shelley Wear, a long-time volunteer on our Dyslexic Advantage editorial team shared these pandemic hacks for her classroom. Thanks Shelley! "The struggle is real to make sure students understand what you are saying with a mask on. I purchased a personal amplifier...
From Chalkbeat's story, "NYC plans to screen nearly 200,000 students in the early grades to uncover struggling readers. Then what?" "In a massive bid to gauge reading skills following COVID-related learning disruptions, New York City’s education department is...
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We never thought we would be homeschooling when we started almost 2 decades ago. What our family can say today, is that looking back, we're so grateful for our entire homeschooling journey - even though initially homeschooling chose us rather than the other way...
The house is on fire. There is a conflagration of factors coming together that are affecting dyslexic students in public school beyond COVID. COVID certainly has its share of blame and breaking the camel's back when it comes to providing essential services to...
With all the continued upheaval due the pandemic, here's some advice for trying to keep the big picture of the coming school year. DYSLEXIC DEVELOPMENT HAS ITS OWN TIME TABLE There can be a very late bloom for a lot of the younger years for dyslexics - so don't...
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A recent clinical review of dysgraphia has defined dysgraphia in the following way: "At its broadest definition, dysgraphia is a disorder of writing ability at any stage, including problems with letter formation/legibility, letter spacing, spelling, fine motor...
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When interviewing accomplished people of all sorts who are also dyslexic, there are some recurring themes - and one is, "I learned how to do the 'dyslexic thing,' you know, overprepare." In some cases that means committing more hours to something -...
