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New tool found to help children with Dyslexia
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A study conducted at a top UK school has demonstrated that Microsoft’s OneNote, a digital notebook has helped dyslexic children to improve on their reading and spelling abilities. Microsoft teamed up with British Dyslexia Association (BDA) to lend school children Surface laptops in a Surrey school that specialises in teaching children with language related conditions. Twenty children with dyspraxia, dyscalculia, attention deficit disorder, specific language impairment and autism took part in an eleven week trial to see if Microsoft technologies can benefit them.
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Dyslexia caused by bad teaching?
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Well, one Dutch professor thinks so.
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‘They just don’t practice enough,’ she told the paper, advocating daily dictation lessons. ‘Children need to have the rules of spelling firmly in their heads. For example, that a g sound before a t is almost always a ‘ch’ and not a ‘g’.”
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The IDEA explained
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The Understood organization has a great article about how the IDEA Protects your children. Don’t miss it, read it and make sure you understand your rights under the law to ensure your child gets the best support possible.
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Why do more Boys than Girls have dyslexia?
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“The fact that greater variability in males’ processing speed partly explains the sex difference in both dyslexia and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder is very exciting, as it may prove to be a crucial clue in understanding brain differences that lead to the high rate of comorbidity between those two disorders,” said Dr. Anne Arnett, lead author of the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry study.
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Dyslexia as a fingerprint!
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A very refreshing view, as you come to expect from people with dyslexia, here is someone who compares their dyslexia with a fingerprint, pretty much unique for everyone.
Never thought of it that way but I guess it is valid, as there are many variations of the learning disability and your own situation also plays a role in how you experience your specific dyslexia. Here is a quote:
This is my Dyslexia. Every dyslexia id like a finger print no 2 people have it the same. Noone can wkno how you are with your disorder no matter you have.
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