Detecting the Risk of Dysylexia Before Learning to Read
[Source: Science Daily] Difficulty recognising words, decoding and writing problems, limitation of reading comprehension… These are the main consequences of dyslexia, a cognitive disorder of...
View ArticleDyslexia Study Finds Differences in Eye Anatomy
[Source: Understood] A new dyslexia study found differences in part of the eye called the fovea. This small region in the back of the eye is packed with red, green and blue light receptors. The study...
View ArticleDyslexia Corner: Why Getting Help for Kids with Dyslexia is Difficult
[Source: MindShift] Dayne Guest graduated from high school in 2016. He had been working construction but quit, knowing that wasn’t what he wanted do with his life. Today Guest’s options are limited...
View ArticleStudy Suggests That the Brain Can Be Trained to Avoid Dyslexia
[Source: Science Daily] The ability of the brain to synchronize with the tone and intonation of speech influences how language is processed. Study results could help design more effective activities to...
View ArticleSLP Corner: The Speech-Language Pathologist’s Role in Diagnosing Dyslexia
[Source: The ASHA Leader Blog] While language-based learning disorders—like dyslexia—fall squarely in the purview of speech-language pathologists, I’ve talked to several pediatric SLPs who don’t feel...
View ArticleDyslexia Corner: Rethinking How Students With Dyslexia Are Taught To Read
[Source: MindShift] Dyslexia is the most common learning disability, affecting tens of millions of people in the United States. But getting help for children who have it in public school can be a...
View ArticleVisual Function Deficits Up in Developmental Dyslexia
[Source: Medical X-Press] School-aged children with developmental dyslexia (DD) more frequently have visual function deficits than typically developing (TD) children, according to a study published...
View ArticleSLP Corner: The Couple Who Helped Decode Dyslexia
[Source: New York Times] By now, Sally and Bennett Shaywitz might have retired to a life of grandchild-doting and Mediterranean-cruising. Instead, the Shaywitzes — experts in dyslexia at Yale who have...
View ArticleFootball Players’ Concussions Linked to Dyslexia Gene
[Source” Science Daily] A gene associated with dyslexia, a learning disorder, may make some athletes less susceptible to concussions, reports a new study. This is believed to be the first time that...
View ArticleDyslexia Corner: Finally Getting Serious About Educating Kids with Dyslexia
[Source: New York Daily News] Apple’s Steve Jobs had it. So did Nelson Rockefeller, and so do Bill Gates, Anderson Cooper, Ameer Baraka, Steven Spielberg and many more leaders, scholars, authors,...
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