News & Views from Davis Dyslexia Association International
Explaining dyslexia is often done by focusing only on the dyslexic person. But understanding the role of the social environment is important because it makes us realize that we are not the problem.
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Perfectionism and dyslexia are connected. Perfectionism seems to develop during childhood when acceptance, approval, and affection are lacking.
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Dyspraxia affects your everyday life also in adulthood. This dyspraxia test for adults can be a good start to discovering
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New research among dyslexic adults seems to confirm that dyslexics have a heightened sensitivity to sounds of language, thinking in
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What does your dyslexia look like? This is a question that Sue Bell, an adult literacy support specialist, asked dyslexic adults
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Recently I interviewed a young man who had successfully completed a degree at university. He was looking to pursue the
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Dyslexia Q&A: The Dark Side of Dyslexia
This is the sixth of a seven-video series taken from an interview style Q & A session. In this video we discuss some of the hardships that dyslexic children and adults face in life.
Disorientation and Visual Confusion
When my clients arrive with visual sensory disorientations it can be a result of life stress. Or simply that they are naturally strong visual learners in a world of words where confusion causes these symptoms.
How to Tell Time
The seven most common sources of confusion for children, and how to address them.
Dyslexia Q&A: Which Program is Right for Me?
This is the fifth of a seven-video series taken from an interview style Q & A session. In these videos we explore the experience of disorientation.
There is Hope
I talk to a lot of tearful moms. Sometimes on the phone, sometimes in person. And sometimes they find my booth at a conference. As they share the struggles that their child has been facing, empathy fills my heart because I was there, too.
