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Dec 02 2012
On December 1, the APA (American Psychiatric Association) approved the recommendations for the forthcoming DSM-5. I am not exactly sure what they approved, because they haven’t released the exact text — but as far as I can tell, they have approved the language that I described in general terms in my initial post on this …
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Jun 27 2012
Recently I interviewed a young man who had successfully completed a degree at university. He was looking to pursue the career dreams and had hit a hurdle. He was dyslexic and he was unable to read or write. He was the second twenty-something that I had interviewed in recent months facing the same dilemma – …
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Jun 25 2012
About two weeks ago, I wrote about a proposed revision to the DSM-V that retreats from an earlier draft proposal by eliminating use of the word dyslexia. I expressed concerns about the difficulties faced by dyslexic students and parents of dyslexic children in getting a formal diagnosis, generally required as a first step toward receiving special services or …
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Jun 09 2012
A comment on the current proposed DSM 5 criteria: New visitors usually discover our web site via a search for “signs of dyslexia” or “test for dyslexia.” Our incoming email comes from teenagers and adults who want to know if their academic or workplace problems can be explained by dyslexia. Parents express frustration with the …
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May 28 2012
Scientists can now capture images of the internal wiring of the brain, using a tool called “diffusion sensor imaging” (DTI). Research can now confirm what was once only a hypothesis: the dyslexic brain is wired differently, in a way that is far more elegant than a mere localized glitch or disruption. Ron Davis is known for …
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Feb 27 2013
Learning Inclusion
Featured, First Person Accounts, Support & Acccommodations
by Jonathan Mooney, Guest Contributor
February 27, 2013
I’m on a plane today headed to Alberta, Canada to give a talk at an inclusion conference. Nothing new—been speaking at conferences like this for over ten years and, as someone who spent a lot of time in “special education,” I believe deeply in inclusion. I believe in inclusion because during my school purgatory days, …
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