Dysfunctional Science – How a new study about dyslexia gets things wrong
Human beings are very good at tuning things out – not noticing objects or events in that are in plain sight, or becoming indifferent to distracting sounds in their...
A Davis Facilitator Responds
The Ottawa Community News has recently published a response from Davis Facilitator Marcia Code to a series on dyslexia published a in September 2013. Marcia wrote: “I commend the...
Learning Inclusion
I’m on a plane today headed to Alberta, Canada to give a talk at an inclusion conference. Nothing new—been speaking at conferences like this for over ten years and,...
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 what they approved, because they haven’t released the exact...
Reader/Writers for Students – A blessing or a curse
Recently I interviewed a young man who had successfully completed a degree at university. He was looking to pursue the career dreams and had hit a hurdle. He was...
The Dyslexia Quandary – Continued
About two weeks ago, I wrote about a proposed revision to the DSM-V that retreats from an earlier draft proposal by eliminating use of the word dyslexia. I expressed concerns about the...
The Dyslexia Quandary
A comment on the current proposed DSM 5 criteria: New visitors usually discover our web site via a search for “signs of dyslexia” or “test for #8221; Our incoming...
The Dyslexic Brain – Wired for Whole Brain Thinking
Scientists can now capture images of the internal wiring of the brain, using a tool called “diffusion sensor imaging” (DTI). Research can now confirm what was once only a hypothesis:...