Dyslexia the Gift Blog

A Fictional Facilitator – Book Review

Posted on February 12, 2016November 30, 2022 by Marcia Maust

Christmas on Cougar Mountain by Nancy Radke (Book 10 in the Sisters of Spirit series) This is a fictional story

Dyslexia Begins Early

Posted on December 13, 2015September 12, 2021 by Abigail Marshall

Dyslexic brains are wired differently. Researchers now report finding evidence of these differences in infants as young as six months. In

Teaching Japanese to dyslexic students

Posted on November 13, 2015September 12, 2021 by Karen Tomita

While in Western countries the dyslexia phenomenon has been closely explored, in the Japanese education community problems of dyslexics has been silenced for a long time, and only with the book “読めなくても、書けなくても、勉強したい” (I can’t read or write but I want to learn) by Satoru Inoue, the matter started to receive public attention.

US Education Department OK’s the Word “Dyslexia”….. sort of

Posted on October 24, 2015July 2, 2019 by Abigail Marshall

In an artfully and elusively worded missive, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) has issued a formal letter “clarifying” standards

Take the “DYS” out of DYSLEXIA

Posted on October 5, 2015September 12, 2021 by Dionysis Papachristodoulou

By definition, the term dyslexia indicates illness, defect a problematic situation (dysentery, dysplasia … dystopia!).In the beginning there was a

Survey Results from Dyslexic Advantage

Posted on June 30, 2015September 12, 2021 by Abigail Marshall

Dyslexic Advantage has announced the release of preliminary survey results exploring the talents tied to dyslexia. Well over a

Kids with ADHD must squirm to learn

Posted on April 24, 2015September 12, 2021 by Abigail Marshall

New research shows that if you want ADHD kids to learn, you have to let them squirm. The foot-tapping, leg-swinging

Check out the Codpast!

Posted on October 1, 2014September 12, 2021 by DDAI

The Codpast is a place where the cool and creative side of Dyslexia is celebrated. “In are monthly podcast you’ll

Two Books for Right Brain Learners

Posted on August 22, 2014November 30, 2022 by Abigail Marshall

Barbara Hoi of Sydney, Australia has published two books sure to delight parents and teachers. The first book is

Keep it positive!

Posted on June 9, 2014September 13, 2021 by DDAI

“When I take a program with a child, almost 40% of my effort goes towards coaching the parents not to

Why some kids can’t spell and why spelling tests won’t help

Posted on April 8, 2014September 13, 2021 by The Conversation (Education)

By Misty Adoniou, University of Canberra A couple of years ago, early one morning, I received an SMS advising “resadents

A Davis Facilitator Responds

Posted on October 18, 2013September 13, 2021 by DDAI

The Ottawa Community News published a response from Davis Facilitator Marcia Code to a series on dyslexia published in September

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