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Dyslexia Scotland is developing an employment service for adults with dyslexia who are seeking work, or are in work, and for employers with an interest in dyslexia in the work place.
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The US Department of Justice just released final regulations regarding the implementation of the American for Disabilities Act. “These rules clarify and refine issues that have arisen over the past 20 years and contain new and updated requirements.”
The regulations should be shared with ALL schools and workplaces when requesting accommodations.
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Well, it is a shadow minister as they know them in the UK but nevertheless a sign that the topic is being taken seriously.
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A big row started when the one politician called the other dyslectic. Immediate calls for his resignation. I think this is a first. Worth reading about it.
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You even get paid!
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A specialist school in Abingdon UK now will enroll their dyslectic children in the GCSE program, a feat formerly not considered possible.
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Department of Education Secretary John King answered questions about Dyslexia with Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) at Capitol Hill. King states that states and school districts must ensure at the IEP level that the educational needs of dyslexic students are being specifically met. He mentions Orton-Gillingham and Wilson method specifically by name.
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A university sticking to their traditions and not willing to accommodate a student’s dyslexia is now accused of a human rights violation. Interesting case to follow.
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Thousands of popular books will soon be available in Australia with a unique font designed specifically for people with dyslexia.
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You may have never thought how difficult life can be for a plumber with dyslexia. Well now there is some snazzy new software to help them.
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Learning Ally organizes a webinar for Parents, Teachers and LD pros.
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What a wonderful initiative, a scholarship for those diagnosed with dyslexia.
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An overview of what has happened in Dyslexia education in New Jersey over the past years.
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The University of Washington is working on some research and needs participants.
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New rulesabout writing assignments inthe UK for elementary kids lack any allowance for dylexia.This cannot be! follow the story.
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday signed into law a Julia Brownley-sponsored bill providing at least $2.5 million annually for dyslexia research.
The Research Excellence and Advancements for Dyslexia, or READ Act, was introduced by the Westlake Village Democrat and Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, together the co-chairs of the House Dyslexia Caucus.
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An announcement by an agency that they only want dyslectics to apply!
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Well there is no direct correlation here. In the link however you’ll find the story of a woman with dyslexia who made mistakes writing the correct temperatures on a chart and was subsequently dismissed by a large coffee chain. She claimed she was not doing anything wrong but it was the consequence of her dyslexia. The court agreed that the coffee chain had not made appropriate accommodations for her disability.
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In Rome the kickoff has been given for a digital project that aims to provide help and solutions for dyslectic children and their parents.
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Some bureaucrat in the Netherlands has now decided that spell checkers for Dyslectic children need to be banned from schools. What has gone into them?
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Well this will be a controversial story. The largest UK sperm bank apparently has determined that dyslectics cannot donate sperm, in their words : to ‘minimize genetic diseases or malformations’ in new born children.
You are also not welcome with ADD, autism and Asperger’s!
The case is being reviewed as there are some rules about discrimination and those will need to be examined.
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“If the persistent achievement gap between dyslexic and typical readers is to be narrowed, or even closed, reading interventions must be implemented early, when children are still developing the basic foundation for reading acquisition,” said Emilio Ferrer, a UC Davis psychology professor, in a news release.
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Read up about legislation that will bring control over education closer to home for all of our children.
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Good news, the US education secretary, actually the interim secretary who now runs the department, has issued guidance to states and school districts that they may no longer prohibit the use of the terms dyslexia, dyscalculia and dysgraphia in the IEPs.
This will help parents struggling to get the right terms in the IEP in order to get the right help.
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Here is a novel approach to getting more attention to Dyslexia. A man has started a real “superpac” to fund causes that support Dyslexia.
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From a local news channel a good summary of Dyslexia symptoms and what to do about it. They also note screening in the cinema from a Dyslexia movie.
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An artist with dyslexia has been invited to develop posters to headline the UK dyslexia awareness campaign. See them in the link below.
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Two books of the Bible (The Gospel of Mark and the Psalms) have been produced in a dyslexia-friendly version.
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