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The Dyslectic advantage newsletter explains how to switch on the read aloud function on most operating systems. Very Handy!
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Story about a small school that researches options to teach their dyslectic children and finds the Wilson Method. It worked for them, have you heard about it or tried it?
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The article in the link for today provides details about a number of technologies that can help people with dyslexia.
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The public schools of North Carolina have created a great page with resources for both Dyslexia and Dyscalculia. The emphasis is clearly on Dyslexia so, a great resource.
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Check out the tips from the understood organization
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IN TODAY’S high-tech world, lengthy handwritten letters are a rarity. E-mail, text messages, Viber and Facebook Messenges have replaced handwritten letters. I feel however that electronic communication is a little impersonal. Call me sentimental and old-fashioned, but I believe handwritten messages add a personal touch to the message.
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Over the last 60 years, volunteers from across the nation have produced over 83,000 recordings to contribute to Learning Ally’s audio textbook library for those with print disabilities. The nonprofit organization relies entirely on volunteers from the community to produce these recordings that will benefit students with dyslexia, visual impairment and blindness.
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The tool provides the opportunity for users to underline words or highlight material on online texts and choose among 15 dyslexic friendly colors and font size options or a Text-to-Speech option, supporting almost all languages.
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A recent study published in the prestigious journal Scientific Reports reveals that these video games improve not only visual attention, but also verbal memory. The researchers have discovered that improvements in reading speed, following a few hours of playing a typical video action game is due to stimulation of specific brain circuits which improve, not only visual attention, but also memorizing words and language.
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Our link for today gives you four apps to help with your dyslexia. We haven’t tried them ourselves yet but please let us know what you think about them.
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There is considerable overlap between dyslexia and dyscalculia. Get tested online so you know what is going on and how to get help and remediation.
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Two 14-year-old inventors have been awarded for their work in creating a handheld device which provides multi-sensory learning technology for children with all forms of dyslexia.
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Some mothers pushed and on April 28, the state Department of Transportation made an audio version of the state driver’s manual available for free online at http://www.dmv.pa.gov/Driver-Services/Driver-Licensing/Pages/PA-Driver’s- Manual– -Audio- Version.
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Here is what a family did to help their child and many others:
THE frustration of reading and comprehending the simplest of sentences can now be alleviated thanks to the hard work and donations of a local Albany family.
The Burns family helped the Albany Public Library to expand their dyslexia-friendly reading resources, which now includes the C-Pen.
The C-Pen is a guided reading tool to assist children and adults with learning difficulties.It has been described as a digital highlighter that can scan words, speak them out loud and acquire word definitions from a Collins dictionary within its onboard software.
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A group of Tauranga Girls’ College students have come up with an idea that could help dyslexic students – and save them hundreds of dollars.
The Year 13 girls have formed a company for this year’s Young Enterprise Scheme called Brite and are preparing to launch their product, the iBrite.
It’s a little LED device that sits at the top of a student’s page of work, shining coloured light over the text. The idea is that the different lighting helps those with dyslexia process words better.
We have heard various opinions on the approach with colored overlays or like here with colored light. but if it helps you this looks like a good option.
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The Orton-Gillingham approach is a tried-and-true sequential approach to learning to read, geared for beginning readers and those who have difficulty with reading, writing and spelling, such as those children with dyslexia.
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Other than the specific fonts for dyslexia, we now have information about the popularity of the various fonts, used to create exams for kids.
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Yes a union in the UK has launched a training program for their members to help them understand and help people with dyslexia.
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Dyslexia: News from the web: a webinar
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From the UK comes a book. Written for children with dyslexia, using a dyslexia supportive font. Great initiative.
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An interesting story and debate on reddit. Seems it helps attention, which would in turn help dyslexia. Follow the story or contribute to it.
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We hear from a journalist about her reporting on and her personal experience with dyslexia. We learn from leading researchers and educators in the field. And we talk with an actor about his struggles with the learning disability and his journey from prison to behind the camera.
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Arizona is only the 15th state to create a handbook to help schools identify traits of dyslexia. The handbook also outlines changes that can be made in how these students learn like taking tests with computers rather than handwritten tests or implementing more visual lessons.
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Amberlynn Slavin, an occupational therapist and the creator of the fantastic app for kids with dyslexia and dysgraphia, SnapType. Amberlynn designed SnapType to give kids who have learning disabilities that impact their handwriting an easy way to fill in worksheets so they don’t fall behind in class. Created only two years ago, SnapType has been downloaded more than half-a-million times and is being used in more than fifty countries.
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Eschoolnews.com provides us with great apps that can help dyslexic students. Explore them in the link for today.
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Line readers have existed for years. Now, however, some youngsters used 3D printing to improve the line readers they found and are helping the dyslectics with this tool.
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Read about these teens who have founded a company dedicated to help web accessibility for dyslectics and the visually impaired, through their innovative technology.
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