News & Views from Davis Dyslexia Association International
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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A recently published case study documents the progress of a fourth grade special education student who successfully used a modified
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Davis Symbol Mastery — the modeling of words in clay – is based on the principle that each word has
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Research shows that the most common word found in English-language books is “the.” Matjaž Perc at the University of Maribor in Slovenia
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Dyslexia: Enable the Learning Difference
A talk by Sue Blyth Hall (Davis Facilitator, author, and founder of the Whole Dyslexic Society). Everyone is learning-able, however, different
The Dyslexic Iceberg: An Excellent Analogy
Dyslexia is a widespread and abundant, yet highly varying neurodiversity. The ‘Dyslexic Iceberg’ provides an excellent analogy to aid in understanding dyslexia.
My Dyslexic Life – Relationships
Relationships can cause us huge stress or bring us great joy, and dyslexia does have an effect. One of the biggest areas of challenge for us is communication.
My Time With Davis Dyslexia Correction Programme
After reading the book The Gift of Dyslexia, I felt the overwhelming need/urge to get myself on a Davis Dyslexia Correction Programme.
Diagnosing Dyslexia: New Criteria, New Dyslexics?
In the mid-19th century, we defined dyslexia as an unexpected underachievement in otherwise intelligent individuals. The disagnosic statistic manual for mental