When we talk about dyslexia, many people think of difficulties with reading and writing. But what happens when students have both dyslexia and giftedness? These students may perform well on standardised reading comprehension tests when comprehension is assessed through multiple-choice questions. In this way, the decoding problems typical of dyslexia are not detected. This may mean that the difficulties remain invisible to teachers, students and parents.
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Until recently I believed that the three greatest contributions audiobooks have made to civilization were providing access to books to the sight-impaired, reducing the tedium of mindless drudgery and providing another level of interpretation and richness through the voices of gifted narrators. Further, audiobooks can add a new dimension to reading. Many people listen to a book while reading it at the same time, a practice known as “immersive reading.” The term began to take off in the late 1990s, rising steeply in the new century, which was, as it happens, when audiobooks began their own momentous ascent.
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An estimated 900,000 children in England have dyslexia, according to new research, yet fewer than 2% of local authorities track how many they support. That’s 900,000 dyslexic thinking kids being left to navigate a system that often labels difference as deficiency; kids who could represent the next generation of innovators and business leaders. Studies show that around one in three (20% to 40%) entrepreneurs are dyslexic thinkers, underlining that these early classroom challenges often nurture the exact skills needed to lead, innovate, and take risks.
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Adrian Ross, who grew in Bridge of Allan and attended Dollar Academy and Stirling University, has written ‘Sons of Great Men’ – described as a wry family story narrated by Victor, a sometime actor and pantomime dame, who battles his dyslexia to record his hospitalised mum’s memoirs.
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