Sentence writing is a critical early writing skill (Kim et al., 2014) but is often overlooked in empirical literature (McMaster et al., 2018). The current pilot study evaluated the effect of a set of explicit sentence writing lessons on a first grader’s writing and identified the types of errors made before and during instruction.
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Artificial intelligence is extraordinarily good at pattern recognition (registration required) within defined systems. Structured data, repeatable processes, predictable outputs—machines are going to keep getting better at all of it. But AI cannot do what many people with dyslexia do naturally: connect dots across unrelated domains, question the assumption everyone else walked past, think visually instead of linearly.
Those aren’t soft skills. As machines take over execution, human value shifts toward imagination—and that’s where dyslexic thinkers have often lived.
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Dyslexia Scotland has launched a new five-year strategy setting out how it aims to create a more dyslexia-friendly Scotland.
Following an extensive community profiling exercise, the charity has identified six key priorities it says must be addressed to achieve its vision.
The strategy focuses on tackling long-standing injustices, including delays and costs associated with identifying dyslexia, inequalities in educational attainment, inconsistent or ineffective support and persistent public misconceptions.
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Six-year-old Antoni, born in the UK to Polish parents, speaks only a few English words in class and often looks confused when the teacher gives instructions. He could simply be adjusting to English – or the problem could be developmental language disorder (DLD), a condition that severely impairs a child’s ability to learn, use and understand spoken language.
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We’re often told that dyslexia is a ‘gift’ or a ‘superpower,’ but for many adults, the day-to-day reality feels more like carrying a backpack full of bricks.
After making the same mistake twice in relatively quick succession at my former workplace, a manager said to me “are you lazy, or are you stupid?”. The mistake itself was small. I had sent a quote in pounds instead of dollars. But it happened twice, and what my manager saw as carelessness, was actually my dyslexia.
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