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Dysfunctional Science – How a study about dyslexia got things wrong

And how some researchers are starting to get things right (2022 update). Dyslexic differences reflect underlying mental strengths, not brain defects.

A new research report about dyslexia and vision has been drawing outsized media attention, with hyped up headlines that suggest

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

I’m on a plane today headed to Alberta, Canada to give a talk at an inclusion conference. Nothing new—been speaking

On December 1, the APA (American Psychiatric Association) approved the recommendations for the forthcoming DSM-5. I am not exactly sure

Recently I interviewed a young man who had successfully completed a degree at university. He was looking to pursue the

About two weeks ago, I wrote about a proposed revision to the DSM-V that retreats from an earlier draft proposal by

A comment on the current proposed DSM 5 criteria: New visitors usually discover our web site via a search for

Scientists can now capture images of the internal wiring of the brain, using a tool called “diffusion sensor imaging” (DTI). Research

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