Typing is one of those tasks that every dyslexic person should master, but some students have difficulty fitting it into their already busy stressed-filled days. Some parents sign up their middle or early high school students for courses over the summer, but as almost...
"I wouldn't have made it through school if it wasn't for shop class." - Wil Sundberg, Owner Alchemy Orthotics & Prosthetics I first learned about Wil Sunderland in a news article about Alaska's struggles to identify dyslexic students. Wil is founder of Alchemy...
Every operating system has its text to speech, but many people like Google Docs' Voice Typing system for its simplicity. Like many text to speech programs, you still need to speak the punctuation, like saying, "comma', or "period." Some errors do occur, but the system...
From a recent article: "My teachers won't let me take a photo of the Whiteboard...(are you serious?)" and the post has been shared over 1000 times. Yes, this is common. Yes this shouldn't happen to students with dyslexia or dysgraphia. We are still gathering data from...
The Department of Justice has also released video clarification of key rights for students regarding testing accommodations under the ADA or Americans with Disabilities Act. The entire video is located at the bottom of this post, but we are highlighting a section...
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Congratulations to Grammarly, a free-premium software that adds directly onto the Safari, Chrome, and the Firefox browser and can be downloaded HERE. I've been using it on my Mac and it's already caught a number of errors. If you use Microsoft Word or Outlook on...
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Because technology IS such a game changer for everyone – especially dyslexics of all ages – it’s important to be aware of the pros and cons, possibilities as well as limits, and ways in which apps, assistive technology, and gadgets can make school and workplaces better fits for dyslexics of all ages. USE IT If […]
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Many of the world's greatest innovators are dyslexic. These creators with a capital 'C', more often than not, arrive at their conclusions through wild leaps of their ideas rather than incremental, step-by-step invention. This pattern, which appears in so many...
Today Microsoft released a great addition to its free organization - productivity app OneNote - and the two nicest things about it...it's Free and it was created with students and adults with dyslexia in mind. As a result, Dyslexic Advantage is proud to announce that...
Here are instructions for turning Read Aloud on your iPhone. Settings>General>Accessibility>Speech>Speak Selection (you can adjust speed with the slider at the bottom of this page; turtle for slower and rabbit for faster) Once you have completed the steps...
Top Reading Apps for Dyslexic Students What Reading apps can you give your student before she heads back to school? Students with dyslexia need to have books that can really learn and read from. For beginning or early readers, games and vocabulary in a program like...
