Should you get a Dyslexia Diagnosis?
Are you on the fence about getting a dyslexia diagnosis? In this video, we go over some of the reasons why getting a dyslexia diagnosis can be a great idea.
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Category: Testing & Diagnosis
Language Learning for Dyslexics
Evidence-based learning tips Often we are told “learn this!” but normally nobody tells us how. With this video, I wanted
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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.
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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.
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Dyscalculia Test for Adults
This dyscalculia test for adults can be a good start to discovering whether or not you have dyscalculia. The more
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The Paradigm of a Learning Disability
In this video I talk about the current paradigm of learning disabilities and how I believe that we, as dyslexics,
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Diagnosing Dyslexia: New Criteria, New Dyslexics?
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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Miseducation and Dyslexia
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.
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The Dyslexic Variation
‘Its only consistency is its inconsistency.’ Universally, this is one of my favourite lines and sayings. It optimises and appropriately
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Signs of Dyslexia: Have a Hunch & Need a Quick Check List?
October is Dyslexia Awareness Month. Here is a quick checklist for those who feel they need to know what to look
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US Education Department OK’s the Word “Dyslexia”….. sort of
In an artfully and elusively worded missive, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) has issued a formal letter “clarifying” standards
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The Dyslexia Quandary – Update
On December 1, the APA (American Psychiatric Association) approved the recommendations for the forthcoming DSM-5. I am not exactly sure
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