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Computer Game to Test Vision in Children

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Researchers from the University of Tennessee Space Institute are developing a device which should make eye exams in children a whole lot simpler. The device is called the Dynamic Ocular Evaluation System (DOES) and it can screen the eyes for abnormalities, while the children watch a cartoon or play a computer game.

Good vision screening in children can detect all kinds of vision disorders. If unnoticed, these disorders can lead to learning disabilities, such as dyslexia. Currently the researchers are testing how the results of DOES compare against traditional eye exams. In any case, they already have the industry interested in taking the device to market.

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Dyslexia caught, treated early can give a child success

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Dyslexia affects one out of every five children. Despite the prevalence of this learning disability, the word dyslexia is still a cause of confusion.

A common misconception is that dyslexia is a problem with flipping letters. To add to the confusion, the education systems in the U.S. take different approaches to this reading and spelling disorder. For example, Texas, screens all struggling readers for dyslexia, while in Idaho, dyslexia is not a term commonly used. Teachers and specialists in Idaho use the term Specific Learning Disability to define a child with reading and spelling deficits despite adequate intelligence and adequate instruction.

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THE D WORD: UNDERSTANDING DYSLEXIA

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THE D WORD: UNDERSTANDING DYSLEXIA skillfully explores the complex and often challenging world faced by those who have this disability. The film focuses on high-school senior Dylan as he shares his early struggles in school and prepares to begin studies at the college of his choice. Interviews with other young dyslexics, as well as highly accomplished businesspeople diagnosed with the learning disability, including Richard Branson, Charles Schwab, and California’s Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, are seamlessly incorporated into the story. Two prominent doctors in the field at the Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity help demystify and mitigate the stigma surrounding this syndrome.

Focusing on the positive aspects of dyslexia and incorporating creative animation sequences, James Redford’s film emphasizes specific areas where dyslexics excel and suggests thoughtful strategies for their academic success in our often-rigid educational system.

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Dyslexia Victoria Online is introducing videos on Dyslexia Awareness

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We are introducing a series of videos about Dyslexia awareness, teaching and learning strategies, accommodations, computer programs and resources for children and adults. 

We are also planning to have some webinars and involve people in the discussion portions of the webcast.

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Getting past the barrier of disability in training

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ONE thing that Chris Quickfall has learned in his time is that, when you’re training someone with a disability, the disability shouldn’t dominate the process.

Quickfall set up Invate in 2006, not long after he was diagnosed with dyslexia, in a bid to offer technologies to help disabled people in education and employment.

“It’s one of the largest assistive technology companies in the North East now”, he said. “But this stuff isn’t a magic box. Training is the key to unlocking the technology.

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Color-Filtering Lenses: Better Reading for Dyslexics?

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Specially tinted lenses originally developed for color blindness are helping some U.S. dyslexics read faster and see words more clearly, confirming the claims of the lenses’ British inventor and the company that started selling them here in September.

As soon as Max Klinger, a Miami first-grader recently diagnosed with dyslexia, got glasses with the special lenses, “all he wanted to do is read,” his mother Michelle Klinger said. “He told me the letters stopped moving; they stopped popping out for him. He went from a child who hated reading to asking, ‘Can we go buy chapter books?'”

Although Max, 6, has worn the lenses only a month, “I see a huge difference,” his mother said Tuesday. “His behavior is completely different. I see a confident child, excited to go to school, excited to read. I attribute it to the glasses. That’s the only change we’ve made.”

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