News from the web:
Read all about it HERE
Visit us at DyslexiaHeadlines.com
A service from Math and DyscalculiaServices.com
News from the web:
John “Jack” R. Horner is Regents Professor of Paleontology at Montana State University and the curator of paleontology at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman. He studied geology and paleontology at the University of Montana, Missoula, but undiagnosed dyslexia made it impossible for him to obtain a degree. He went on to become a leader in the fields of dinosaur growth and behavior. As described in his2011 TED talk biography, “Horner discovered the first dinosaur eggs in the Western Hemisphere, the first evidence of dinosaur colonial nesting, the first evidence of parental care among dinosaurs, and the first dinosaur embryos.” Horner has also discovered several new dinosaur species and worked as a scientific consultant for the Jurassic Park movies (also inspiring the movies’ main character) and for TV documentaries. He has two honorary doctorates: one awarded by the University of Montana 1986 and another by the Pennsylvania State University in 2006.
Read all about it HERE
Visit us at DyslexiaHeadlines.com
A service from Math and DyscalculiaServices.com
News from the web:
A WINSFORD housing association is offering a helping hand to some of its residents who suffer from dyslexia by supplying free specialist rulers.
Muir Group Housing Association is giving away coloured rulers which people with dyslexia can use when reading.
Jean Broster, service improvement officer at Muir Group, which manages properties in the town, said: “We decided to start giving away the rulers following feedback from a resident.
“We already give away magnifying strips that help the visually impaired.
Read all about it HERE
Visit us at DyslexiaHeadlines.com
A service from Math and DyscalculiaServices.com
News from the web:
Twelve students from Colorado Springs participated in a 500-student reading relay aiming to break the previous world record of 415 people reading a single book at one time.
The book, Sword of Darrow, is written by Hal Malchow and his son Alex, who also battles severe reading disabilities. It is a fantasy novel filled with stories and characters specifically written for those with dyslexia.
Read all about it HERE
Visit us at DyslexiaHeadlines.com
A service from Math and DyscalculiaServices.com
News from the web:
A poem about his battle with dyslexia led a Klein ISD third grader to win a national poetry contest.
“Dyslexia is like a blueprint that I have to finish. It’s like a disease that never goes away. When I miss a word it feels like a tower that I have to destroy. Reading out loud is hard. It’s like being stuck in traffic on a huge highway with angry old men honking at me. When I draw, I forget about towers and honking horns. I am in my own world of Paper Craft People and me,” wrote nine-year-old Peyton Bolden.
Peyton always knew he was smart, just in a different way than his peers. When he was in first grade, Susan Collier, reading specialist at Mittelstädt Elementary, also took notice. Peyton was extremely shy, had speech problems, and was having a harder time with comprehension and learning in the classroom. Having seen it all before, Collier soon diagnosed Peyton with dyslexia during his second grade year.
Read all about it HERE
Visit us at DyslexiaHeadlines.com
A service from Math and DyscalculiaServices.com
News from the web:
When Anna Franz, a 23-year-old UAB exchange student from Munich, Germany, was in elementary school, she desperately told her mother: “Mommy, I think there is only space for one word in my head.” She realized that she had much more difficulty learning how to read and write than most other children of her age.
Franz is one of several persons in her family to struggle from dyslexia, a reading and writing disorder.
Read all about it HERE
Visit us at DyslexiaHeadlines.com
A service from Math and DyscalculiaServices.com