News & Views from Davis Dyslexia Association International
The sweaty palms…the flip-flopping stomach… the brain-fog… reading questions repeatedly. I wonder how many of you can identify with test-taking anxiety. Even years after being in school, some of us still have nightmares about taking tests in school.
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My website, Dyslexia Life Hacks, shares various tools, tips and tricks that I have encountered over the years to assist
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What student or former student has never felt a moment of stress when hearing their teacher announce a pop quiz,
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A Very Special Time In this unprecedented period in human history, children and students of all ages have never experienced
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Help, I forgot everything! I regularly have children who tell me that they have “forgotten everything” about lessons they have
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A parent of a second-grader writes: My son had a big gain in reading after completing his Davis program week,
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Throughout the past decade, we’ve witnessed an incredible improvement of people’s understanding of dyslexia. It is one of the most
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Dyslexic students often struggle with writing. Often what a dyslexic student writes is not what they are trying to say.
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Making the academic leap from high school to higher education can be challenging for any student. For students with dyslexia,
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Explore the three main considerations for dealing with dyslexia and the SAT or ACT.
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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.
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By Misty Adoniou, University of Canberra A couple of years ago, early one morning, I received an SMS advising “resadents
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Breaking the Code: A novel
Book Review: Breaking the Code by G.B. Mackenzie. This is a novel about a 12-year-old boy who is good at solving problems, but cannot read.
Small Words and Punctuation
I recently facilitated a 5-day Davis Dyslexia Correction Programme with an adult dyslexic. Diagnosed in primary school, she received short-term intervention
Exposing The Imposter Syndrome
The imposter syndrome is psychological phenomenon referring to internal thoughts of incompetence, feelings of being less intelligent, successful or even a
Are Dyslexic Accommodations Fair? Yes, Here’s Why
Studies have shown that some consider accommodations unfair, especially when the individual performs well. Still, there are many reasons why accommodations
How can I help others when I’m not perfect?
Can I help children with dyslexia, if I can’t write flawlessly? This is a question I asked myself after a conversation
