Abigail Marshall

Author: Abigail Marshall

Abigail Marshall is the Webmaster & Internet Information Services Director for Davis Dyslexia Association International. 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 Emotional Wiring of the Dyslexic Brain

Posted on April 9, 2021April 22, 2021 by Abigail Marshall

Brain researchers recently explored whether dyslexic children had stronger emotional reactions than non-dyslexic children.

Finding Your Special Kind of Smart

Posted on March 19, 2021March 23, 2021 by Abigail Marshall

Book Review: Cartwheels, by Tracy Peterson with Sloane LaFrance. Parents often ask for help in explaining a diagnosis of dyslexia to very young children.

A Mother’s Path to Discovery

Posted on November 27, 2020November 26, 2020 by Abigail Marshall

Book Review: Reversed, a memoir, by Lois Letchford. A mother’s quest to help her dyslexic son.

Miseducation and Dyslexia

Posted on October 23, 2020October 18, 2020 by Abigail Marshall

A recent article in “The Guardian” profiled the views of British psychologist Julian Elliot. He criticizes the lack of a uniform standard for dyslexia diagnosis, but is mistaken to question the existence of dyslexia.

Orthographic Mapping and Dyslexia

Posted on September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 by Abigail Marshall

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

Phonological dyslexia? Not so much….

Posted on August 21, 2020September 20, 2020 by Abigail Marshall

Recent research studies cast doubt on the role of phonological processing difficulties in dyslexia. One study, from the UK, suggests

Finding Fluency

Posted on August 7, 2020September 19, 2020 by Abigail Marshall

All I wanted was for my son to become a reader. I wanted him to be able to read easily and automatically, without effort.

Educational Bias and Dyslexic Learners

Posted on June 26, 2020August 7, 2020 by Abigail Marshall

Researchers know that dyslexics learn to read differently, but schools continue to focus on children’s weaknesses rather than their strengths.

Time for an online program?

Posted on May 15, 2020July 2, 2020 by Abigail Marshall

This is a time of change. Schools have shut down, families are told to stay at home, household routines are

Fish Don’t Climb Trees – A different take on dyslexia

Posted on March 20, 2020August 8, 2020 by Abigail Marshall

Davis Facilitator Sue Hall has updated her book: “Fish Don’t Climb Trees: A Whole New Look at Dyslexia”. Sue understands dyslexia from the inside out – as a dyslexic person with vivid recollections of frustrations experienced in elementary school, as a parent who searched for and found a solution

“Evidence Based” — But does it work?

Posted on February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 by Abigail Marshall

Parents seeking help for their dyslexic kids usually have one question uppermost in their minds: will it work?

Fitting Davis Tools into an IEP

Posted on January 24, 2020January 25, 2020 by Abigail Marshall

A parent asks how to include Davis techniques within a school-based IEP.