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Film festival for dyslectic film makers

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It is thought that the learning difficulty lends itself to greater creativity and the ability to think in pictures. Celebrating “unique storytelling prowess” of dyslexic and “neurodivergent” filmmakers, the world’s first dyslexic film festival, the DYSPLA International Moving Image Festival, held its 12th annual event in Camden this month.

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A book about how to deal with dyslexia

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“Once Upon a Time a Sparrow” is a fictional representation of the author’s experiences, as a young girl with reading challenges, and as an adult learning to accept a condition she kept well-hidden. The result is a stunning narrative that will touch your heart and leave a lasting imprint. It certainly made an impression on the judges in the Reader Views Literary Awards, taking home first place overall for Best General Fiction Novel and the Jewel Kats Special Needs Award.

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Going to Harvard with Dyslexia

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This is what Caitlin Iles’ father told her after she told him she had dyslexia:

 “I’m proud of you for being honest, you’re going to have to work harder than anyone else to get what you want but … if Richard Branson can do it, so can you”.

That one sentence has shaped each day of my life since. It’s played quietly on a loop, somewhere in the back of my mind on a daily basis. Without a doubt, it was the most valuable lesson and the best advice I have received.

It’s what got me to Harvard.

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Dyslexia in court

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Please read this horror story about parents blatantly being denied evaluation and services for their dyslectic child. You wonder why the districts put up such fights or if the independent evaluations are really without any merit. Still if you are convinced your child needs support, don’t give up, go all the way, the path is there, use it.

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The struggle to get resources for Dyslexia

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It continues to be an issue. I’m saying due to unawareness of the severity of the condition, others have different opinions but I remain an optimist. In any case it took a federal investigation to get thing right in Texas.

After a 15-month investigation, the U.S. Department of Education found in January that Texas had effectively capped federally-funded special education services for at least a decade, denying thousands of kids with disabilities the tools and assistance they need to learn. The report said the ambiguity in the state’s policy on dyslexia may have directed some eligible students away from federally-funded special education services, violating federal law.

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Ikea and Dyslexia

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IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad passed away recently, and much has been said about his life and legacy. I want to highlight the positive impact his dyslexia had – as it has on many other entrepreneurs and high-achieving people across all sectors. I’m sure his dyslexia drove him to focus upon the things he was good at, and become expert at finding others who could excel in the areas he struggled.

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Early detection, a good story

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After Penny Lancaster’s revelation that she had only been diagnosed with dyslexia at the age of 46, Eleni Crockard, from Belfast, tells Stephanie Bell how finding out she’d the condition at an early age meant she got the support she needed to attend university and now works helping young people with learning difficulties.

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Scholarship despite Dyslexia

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Benjamin Hamler, 18, of Rockford, a senior at Rockford High School, has been awarded a National Honor Society scholarship for college courses while studying Engineering at Kent County Technical Center.He received a letter in the mail and thought it would be recognition of the Student of the Month award, but instead it was notification of an $8,000 scholarship to Ferris State University. Benjamin has struggled to work through extreme dyslexia and has been in a special program since third grade, it has been very tough, and even the act of learning to read was a major process.

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Movie about the lack of dyslexia support

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WindRoc Media Group (WMG) and Identifying Dyslexia have just announced Ill-literacy: The Divided States of Dyslexia, the first film in the School Stories documentary series. The social impact documentary takes audiences through the school system in several states to reveal the single greatest cause of the current illiteracy crisis: unidentified and misidentified dyslexia. The film follows students and their families, exposing the systematic cover-up of decades of mismanagement and denial of the illiteracy problem behind increasing dropout rates and achievement gaps.

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Dyslexia education

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The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights is investigating the Rapid City Area School District for allegedly discriminating against students, by failing to identify and conduct timely evaluations of students suspected of having dyslexia and other disabilities.

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She owns her Dyslexia

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Something as simple as writing a Facebook post can be tricky, let alone putting this thing together. Asking my friends and family, at 26, to proof-read my writing still makes me laugh. But it’s something I’ve accepted, and I’m okay with now.

It’s all about mindset. Dyslexia is a gift, not a burden.

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Does reading to your baby prevent dyslexia?

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Dear Dr. Linda,

I have a 3-month-old baby and have been reading to her from the day she was born. My husband has dyslexia and I’m concerned that she may have inherited it. Will this prevent it?

Madison

 

Dear Madison,

I wish there was a guarantee that your baby wouldn’t inherit her dad’s “reading gene” but there isn’t. Whether she has a genetic predisposition to dyslexia has no direct relationship to what you are doing.

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