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Dyslexia still a blight for kids, despite treatment advances

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Despite advances in medical treatments for dyslexia over the past five years, not enough is being done to understand the causes of the condition to help kids struggling to read, concludes a seminarpublished online in The Lancet today.

Most children are only diagnosed with dyslexia after they have experienced serious difficulties in school, at a time when it is much harder for them to master new skills, and this could be thwarting their ability to fully realise their potential, say the authors.

“Professionals should not wait until children are formally diagnosed with dyslexia or experience repeated failures before implementation of reading treatment, because remediation is less effective than early intervention”, explain Robin Peterson and Bruce Pennington from the University of Denver in Colorado, USA.

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Richmond College flies the flags for dyslexia

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Hundreds of little flags were planted at Richmond College last week, as part of an initiative to help students affected by dyslexia.

The flags were planted under direction of artist Jon Adams, a fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts, who is dyslexic himself and explained to students how art helped him tackle his learning disability and involved them in a practical workshop.

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1 in 6 Americans are Dyslexic – Unchanged in 100 Yrs

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The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Adult Literacy Survey, U.S. Department of Education, and The National Institute of Heath; confirm that 1 out of 5 Americans have a reading and writing disability. In which, 70% of those persons have dyslexia.The percentage of dyslexics in America has not changed in spite of educational and psychological advancements in the last 100 years.There are many adults in the world today that still do not know that they’re dyslexic. “What if you learned that you were dyslexic?” “You would write a book of course,” says Richard “Dick” W. Kraemer author of a new book Dyslexic Dick – True Adventures of My World.

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Test at Home for Dyslexia

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Self-Tests for Parents to Do at Home to Test for Dyslexia

When it is comes to testing for dyslexia, there is not one true test that can be done.  Because of this problem, many children have dyslexia, yet go untreated for it, while other children may have anotherlearning disability and are wrongly diagnosed with dyslexia.  As a parent, you are your child’s advocate.  Therefore, there are many signs and symptoms you can look when it comes to testing for dyslexia.

Children with dyslexia are not dumb or unintelligent.  However, due to their learning disability they may struggle with reading, schoolwork, and even paying attention.  They may also have low self-esteem or feel dumb, especially if they are comparing themselves with other children.  Your child may even have a high IQ, but standardized tests show differently.  If homework time is a constant struggle each night, this could be your first clue that your child has dyslexia. 

How Do They Do Reading Aloud?

Ask them to read out loud to you from simple storybooks (do not pick from stories that they could have easily memorized from hearing too many times).  If your child struggles with this task or even mixes up the words, it is another sign of dyslexia.  Some children will become emotional while reading.  Other children will complain of headaches or stomachaches when asked to read a book.

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Don’t deny – defy dyslexia

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The day Steve Jobs died my son came home from school and asked me:

“Can I also please be dyslexic like Steve?”

Dumbfounded I stared at him as he rambled on about Steve Jobs, about Mac and how “awesome” it was.

Technological icon Steve Jobs left behind a silver bitten apple, a legacy of hard work and most importantly a realisation that learning differences are a gift – not a stigma.

The problem

Nobody truly knows the origins of learning differences. The spectrum is wide and deep, ranging from low attention span, weak memory, speech problems, auditory issues, literacy and numeracy challenges, vestibular and cognitive development and social interaction to behaviour issues this wide umbrella is widening at a startling pace and deepening at an alarming rate. Genetics, diet, environment, academic pressures and competition are all contributing to this increase. Yet the most resonating factor is denial from parents.

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Dyslexia Impacts Math

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According to an article entitled, The Impact of Dyslexia on Math” by Rosalind W. Rothman, Ed.D., Director, Language and Learning Associates & Claire Lavin, Ph.D., Professor, College of New Rochelle, “The mastery of the symbolic language of mathematics involves many verbal cognitive processes that can be affected by dyslexia. Ignoring the impact of dyslexia on the mastery of mathematics can hamper a child’s progress in school and in life.”

Children with dyslexia may need tutoring and accommodations in Math as well as Reading, Writing, and Spelling.

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