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Imagine this scenario: A 7-year-old with fine motor difficulties wakes up in the morning. He struggles to dress, because the clothes he wants to wear have buttons that are too small.
Continue readingNews & Views from Davis Dyslexia Association International
Imagine this scenario: A 7-year-old with fine motor difficulties wakes up in the morning. He struggles to dress, because the clothes he wants to wear have buttons that are too small.
Continue readingResearchers know that dyslexics learn to read differently, but schools continue to focus on children’s weaknesses rather than their strengths.
Continue readingThe Picture Grammer app is a handy, image-based reference for dyslexics, visual thinkers, and those learning English as a foreign language.
Continue readingOver the years I have confronted two persistent myths about dyslexia. These myths seem contradictory, but both are based on a misunderstanding of dyslexia. And both also stand in the way of dyslexic children receiving meaningful and effective help.
Continue readingDyslexic children who fall behind in the early years of their schooling usually perform poorly on tests of phonemic awareness or phonetic decoding.
Continue readingForty years ago – in 1981 – Ronald Dell Davis stumbled on a breakthrough idea. Was there a way to turn his dyslexia off?
Continue readingOut of Autism takes the reader through each phase of the Davis Autism program, interweaving practical explanations with the accounts of the very different experiences of each of the children and adults that Dr. Cathy Dodge Smith has worked with.
Continue readingDyslexic students often struggle with writing. Often what a dyslexic student writes is not what they are trying to say.
Continue readingOctober is Dyslexia Awareness Month. Here is a quick checklist for those who feel they need to know what to look
Continue readingDyslexia, often described as a hidden reading disability, causes difficulty in learning to read or interpret words, letters, and other
Continue readingWhile 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.
Continue reading“When I take a program with a child, almost 40% of my effort goes towards coaching the parents not to
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