Redefining Dyslexia by Consensus
British special educators have adopted a new and broader definition of dyslexia, based on the consensus recommendations of educators, psychologists, and dyslexic adults.
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Author: Abigail Marshall
Abigail Marshall (retired) was the Webmaster & Internet Information Services Director for Davis Dyslexia Association International from 1995-2024. She is also the author of two books about dyslexia, The Everything Parents Guide to Children with Dyslexia and When Your Child Has ... Dyslexia.
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The Boy, The Whale, and The Hermit Crab
Book Review: The Boy, The Whale, and the Hermit Crab, A story to help children understand their dyslexia with reading and writing and how to use their secret superpowers.
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Facilitation – Making it Easy
The dictionary defines facilitate as “to make easier or less difficult: help foward”. A look at how and why a Davis program differs from teaching or tutoring.
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Finding Fluency
All I wanted was for my son to become a reader. I wanted him to be able to read easily and automatically, without effort.
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The nonsense of teaching nonsense words
Dyslexic children often experience difficulty with phonetic decoding. Researchers and educators use nonsense words – also called nonwords or psuedowords
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Orthographic Mapping and Dyslexia
Educators use the term “orthographic mapping” to describe the way that written words are etched into long-term memory. Once a person has “mapped” a word, they will be able to recognize the word instantly by sight
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Is your child a “nonresponder”?
What happens when a child cannot learn to read through phonics? Educational researchers call those children nonresponders or treatment-resisters. But is the problem with the child or with the teaching method?
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Dyslexia and Reading Science
Dyslexics learn differently. That’s pretty much baked into the definition of dyslexia. Dyslexia is not the result of poor teaching, nor is it the same as reading failure.
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“Evidence Based” — But does it work?
Parents seeking help for their dyslexic kids usually have one question uppermost in their minds: will it work?
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Mental Imagery and Reading Comprehension
Recent research utilizing a new, objective measure shows a strong link between mental imagery abilties and reading comprehension among adults.
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Educational Bias and Dyslexic Learners
Researchers know that dyslexics learn to read differently, but schools continue to focus on children’s weaknesses rather than their strengths.
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Dysfunctional Science
And how some researchers are starting to get things right (2022 update). Dyslexic differences reflect underlying mental strengths, not brain defects.
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