Dyslexia and Giftedness – By the Numbers
A new study by Italian researchers suggests that the rate of intellectual giftedness among students with dyslexia and related learning disabilities may be almost double the rate among typically...
Dysfunctional Science – How a new study about dyslexia gets things wrong
Human beings are very good at tuning things out – not noticing objects or events in that are in plain sight, or becoming indifferent to distracting sounds in their...
Dyslexia Begins Early
Dyslexic brains are wired differently. Researchers now report finding evidence of these differences in infants as young as six months. In a study conducted at Boston Children’s hospital, researchers used...
US Education Department OK’s the Word “Dyslexia”….. sort of
In an artfully and elusively worded missive, the Department of Education (ED) has issued a formal letter “clarifying” standards for usage of the labels dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dysgraphia...
Survey Results from Dyslexic Advantage
Dyslexic Advantage has announced the release of preliminary survey results exploring the talents tied to dyslexia. Well over a thousand individuals participated in the comprehensive surveys, focused on...
Kids with ADHD must squirm to learn
New research shows that if you want ADHD kids to learn, you have to let them squirm. The foot-tapping, leg-swinging and chair-scooting movements of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder are...
Phonological dyslexia? Not so much….
Two new research studies cast doubt on the role of phonological processing difficulties in dyslexia. One study, from the UK, suggests that previous research showing phonological dyslexia to be...
Fish Don’t Climb Trees – A different take on dyslexia
Davis Facilitator Sue Hall has written a new book: "Fish Don't Climb Trees: A Whole New Look at Dyslexia". Sue understands dyslexia from the inside out –...
Two New Books from a Davis Facilitator
Davis Facilitator Barbara Hoi of Sydney, Australia has recently published two books sure to delight parents and teachers. The first book is called The Right Brain for the Right...
Word meaning and processing speed
Dyslexia expert Maryanne Wolf says, “the more you know about a word, the faster you can read #8221; Now researchers have demonstrated that the brain recognizes words with concrete...
Extra time? Choose wisely….
A great article at Headstrong Nation provides a cautionary note about the common classroom accommodation of extra time being extended to dyslexic students. Sometimes the accommodations aren’t well suited...
New Research: Small screen E-readers and dyslexia
A new study support the use of tablets and other e-reading devices for dyslexic high school students. Researchers found that the students experienced significant reading gains in speed and comprehension...