Dyslexia doesn’t mean you are stupid

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The readers of this blog will understand that having Dyslexia does not mean that you are stupid but yet we continue to raise awareness and link today to a personal story where this issue is emphasized yet one more time.

Specifically when celebrities or well known characters admit to having the learning disability it helps so many other children and grown ups to better cope with it.

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Procrastination and Dyslexia

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On Dyslexia the gift blog, there is a great story that references a blog by the grammerly blog that explains procrastination, the reasons for it and some helpful tips. The blog goes on then to spell out the relation between dyslexia and procrastination and it will be very recognizable.

This quote will make clear how the procrastination works for our target group:

“My problem was that if I started a project by making a list, sometime I got so caught up in making the list, I’d forget about the project. And then I would revise the list, or decide to create a new list from scratch, or simply lose the list and have to start over. Rather than making headway, making lists became an additional mechanism for delay.  One with the added benefit at least allowing me to pretend I was making progress.  I hadn’t even begun the task… but look, I made a list!”

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Dyslexia and becoming a teacher

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Becoming a teacher takes training and qualifications and in today’s link we show a story from someone who accomplished it.

Interestingly she also highlights all the other things affected over and above the obvious spelling issues that people with Dyslexia have. It affects organisation, timing, reading and in some cases balance.

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Dyslexia and OCD

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Dr Wald talks in this video about the relation between Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Dyslexia.

Between one and four percent of the population suffers from OCD. Dr Wald talks about the relation with dyslexia. The video begins with lots of information on OCD first but at minute 9:15 the segment starts about Dyslexia.

He makes a few good points also about the relation between adhd and dyslexia. The program goes on to review the origin, the solutions, the various experts and their role in the detection of the reading disorder. Finally he points at the fact that the various disorders can look much the same but have totally different solutions and treatments.

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Dyslexia scholarship

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Have you enrolled in college despite living with dyslexia? If so, Gemm Learning wants to help you keep pursuing your academic and personal goals.

We know that college can be a challenging and exciting time, especially for a student who once struggled with dyslexia. To encourage students affected to pursue higher education, Gemm Learning is offering a $1,000 Overcoming Dyslexia scholarship to one college student in the spring of 2013 and another student in the fall of 2013.

Students who have been influenced by dyslexia can compete for the scholarship by sharing their personal stories. Write an essay on the topic of “How I Overcame My Struggle with Dyslexia” to enter the competition.

Follow the link to their website and read how you can enter the competition and what deadlines and other formalities are. Gemm specializes in software and remote tutoring of the children. They don’t call it tutoring because they work on fixing the underlying issues rather than creating an ongoing string of additional instruction sessions.

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Dyslexia library online

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We are not sponsored by Dynaread but we need to talk to you about them. This company, who offers reading remediation for children with Dyslexia in 200 lessons, has an extensive library online with information and resources related to the learning disability.

Now as reading is not the strong point from the target audience they have updated their site with Ivona Text-to-speech technology. When you browse their site you will be presented with a red “listen” button that will give you the story verbally. It sounds really well and probably as good as my talking GPS in the car.

In the library they offer articles, explanations and some videos.

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