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Author: Arije-Aike de Haas

I'm a dyslexic and an education scientist. My goal is to share the knowledge I've acquired and to provide a shortcut to mastering your dyslexia and understanding those that have it!

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Diagnosing Dyslexia: New Criteria, New Dyslexics?

Posted on April 16, 2021March 18, 2021 by Arije-Aike de Haas

In the mid-19th century, we defined dyslexia as an unexpected underachievement in otherwise intelligent individuals. The disagnosic statistic manual for

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Dyslexic Identities – How do you see yourself?

Posted on February 19, 2021December 28, 2020 by Arije-Aike de Haas

Researchers identified three different types of dyslexic identities. The first group sees themselves as differently enabled. In a group with

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Is Dyslexia A Disability? Why Not to Trust the Label

Posted on January 22, 2021December 22, 2020 by Arije-Aike de Haas

Is dyslexia a disability?” Yes, officially dyslexics carry the label “disabled.” Dyslexia is explicitly mentioned as a disability in the

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Why Dyslexics Don’t Have A Bad Memory: Research vs Myth

Posted on November 20, 2020November 18, 2020 by Arije-Aike de Haas

Maybe you’ve heard it before– “Dyslexics have a bad memory”–but this isn’t completely true. Let’s look to science (Baddeley’s model

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How to Reframe Dyslexia: An Exercise

Posted on October 30, 2020September 23, 2020 by Arije-Aike de Haas

The way we think about our past experiences as dyslexics can really shape who we believe we are and how

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Dyslexic Strengths – Test your Dyslexic Advantage

Posted on July 10, 2020September 23, 2020 by Arije-Aike de Haas

Arije-Aike de Haas is a dyslexic researcher studying educational sciences at a German university. He has designed this simple test

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