Category Archives: Personal Stories

Dyslexia, is it the kid or the school?

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Dyslexia: News from the web:

Here is an opinion from someone who challenges the use of the word dyslexia and cautions that the school may be at fault for failing to teach the child to read.

Here is a nice controversial conclusion by the writer:

” However, if some child who otherwise seems perfectly normal is failing to learn to read in school, the problem is probably in the school, not in the child. The solution is to fix the school, not label the child as disabled.”

Read all about it HERE

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Mother with Dyslexia writes a novel

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Dyslexia: News from the web:

A mother with Dyslexia has written her first novel.

It was self-published last month and has already had more than 100 downloads online.

The e-book is set in the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford where Miss Yates works part-time.

She used all her knowledge of the museum’s exhibits and displays and her love of animals to create the story, which concerns a secret tunnel under the museum.

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the decade of the Brain

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Dyslexia: News from the web:

Today I read this quote: “One in five students goes to school knowing it’s another day to feel stupid in front of friends and peers. They are bright, study hard and some even get extra help, but they labor at a frustrating and sometimes losing game.”

It comes from an article reviewing the success of a few institutions in Clark County but the quote just struck a nerve. Check out the other resources on our site to read up on what can be done, the current state of research and personal notes about dyslexia and other learning disabilities.

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