We can all remember grade-school books with titles like “Adventures in Reading.” If the books were new, cracking them open and smelling the fresh ink during the first few days of school might actually ...
New research from the University of Geneva shows that adults with dyslexia can read more fluently with a non-invasive electrotherapy treatment called Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS ...
In addition to their trouble with reading, people with dyslexia also have greater difficulty than typical readers do when it comes to managing competing sensory cues, according to a study. The ...
It has been my experience that children want straight answers to what is happening with them and why. Educate yourself on dyslexia, and then share what you have learned with the child. If a child is ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on the needs of students with dyslexia, but also made it more difficult to support them. Some students have found that their support services, such as one-on-one ...
Did you hear the one about the dyslexic agnostic who lay awake nights wondering if there was a dog? I first encountered this joke in a biological psychology textbook I used more than a decade ago. Yet ...
This story features Beeline Reader for enhanced readability. Click to turn the feature on or off. Learn more about this technology here. At school, Taylor’s daughter had a special education plan that ...
As a parent, if you were told your child would be a creative, intelligent, big-picture thinker with a strong sense of grit and resilience, you’d be happy, wouldn’t you? That sounds like a great set of ...
Most parents prefer that their children pick up a book rather than a game controller. But for kids with dyslexia, action video games may be just what the doctor ordered. Dyslexia is one of the most ...
This is chapter three of the MindShift Guide to Understanding Dyslexia. You can find the remaining chapters and a complete printable PDF of the entire guide by clicking here. Children who cannot read ...
The Los Angeles Unified school board jumped ahead of a new state law last week and instructed the school district to immediately create a plan to train teachers on the leading learning disability in ...