News & Views from Davis Dyslexia Association International
The sweaty palms…the flip-flopping stomach… the brain-fog… reading questions repeatedly. I wonder how many of you can identify with test-taking anxiety. Even years after being in school, some of us still have nightmares about taking tests in school.
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Dyslexic children often experience difficulty with phonetic decoding. Researchers and educators use nonsense words – also called nonwords or psuedowords
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Making the academic leap from high school to higher education can be challenging for any student. For students with dyslexia,
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Explore the three main considerations for dealing with dyslexia and the SAT or ACT.
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Types of Dyslexics – Combined Learning Differences (Part 2)
A look at the overlap among dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD (inattentive type), ASD, and ODD.
The neural signature of creativity
In 1980, Ron Davis realized that his mind was at its dyslexic worst when he was at his creative best. This
Talk Positively!
Here is what I learned when spending time with a child labeled with oppositional defiant disorder and ADHD.
How Dyslexia Happens
An animated video inspired by “How Dyslexia Happens” from the book The Gift of Dyslexia
Types of Dyslexics – Combined Learning Differences
Are you sure you’re just dyslexic? Studies show that over 62% of dyslexics have a combination of different learning differences. ADHD,
