-
Recent Posts
- It’s Adult Learners Week!
- Anthea Turner, has always struggled with dyslexia: Dancing on Ice – mixed up left and right during routines
- Teenage triathlete tips on beating dyslexia
- Dyslexic PC faced ‘unfair treatment’ by Sellafield force – no decision yet
- How A Particular Type Of Drawing Is Associated With Reading in Nursery
Categories
- Adults
- Apps for young children
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Brain Training
- Celebreties
- Child Development
- Computer Studies
- Dietry
- Dyscalculia
- Dysgraphia
- Dyslexia
- Dyslexia Information
- Dyslexia Taining Courses
- Dyspraxia
- Gifted
- Health
- Hearing
- Languages
- Left-Handers
- Maths
- Miscellaneous
- Music
- Oppositional Defiance Disorder (ODD)
- Pre-Schoolers
- Reading
- Schools, General
Recent Comments
- garcinia cambogia extract with potassium and calcium on Diagram showing how dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD & Asperger’s Syndrome overlap
- lista de email on Dyslexic PC faced ‘unfair treatment’ by Sellafield force – no decision yet
- Dyslexia Lady on Dyslexic PC faced ‘unfair treatment’ by Sellafield force – no decision yet
- Aspergers facts on How Brain Training Can Make You Significantly Smarter
- Marta Pastor on Dyslexia didn’t deter actor Danny Glover
Tags
Actors ADHD ADHD Genetic Link Adults Apps Assessments Auditory Processing Books Celebrities Computers Conference diet Dietry Dumb! Dysgraphia dyslexia Dyslexia Authors Famous People Gifted hand-writing Health hearing problems Information Language Skills Maths Memory Memory Training Music phonological problems Poems Poetry pre-schoolers reading Roadshow School Drop-Outs Singing Speakers Spelling Stupid! Tests training course TV's Video Video Games writing
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Dyslexie: A typeface for dyslexics
This is a new typeface for dyslexics and it looks really interesting: If you have any thoughts on it, it will be interesting to hear what you think. A team from the [..]
Musical games benefit dyslexic kids
A study led by an Indian-origin researcher has shown a strong association between the ability to perceive metrical structure in music and learning to read among children with [..]
Dyslexia Awareness Week
Date for your Diaries: Dyslexia Awareness Week 30/11/11. Excellent information at: www.dyslexiaa2z.com. ‘Raising Awareness of Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Dyspraxia, ADHD.’
‘The Fonz’, Henry Winkler encourages dyslexic schoolgirl
A 12-year-old would-be star of the stage and screen who battles with dyslexia has received a boost from US actor and writer Henry Winkler who also has the [..]
Don Johnston, Special Education Publisher – Inducted into 2011 Hall of Fame
Don Johnston, CEO and founder of the special education company that bears his name was selected for induction into the AEP 2011 Educational Publishing Hall of Fame. The [..]
Dyscalculia: The Numbers Don’t Add Up
A disorder that impairs math skills, dyscalculia, has been described as the poor cousin of dyslexia, even though their occurrence rate is roughly similar. How poor a cousin? [..]
ADHD spotted in toddlers brain scans
New research results show that ADHD symptoms were spotted in the brainscans of toddlers. The physical and neurological symptoms imply a structure in the brain that plays an [..]
Girls with ADHD have higher risk of substance misuse than boys
A new study has found that boys and girls with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have differing vulnerabilities to substance misuse issues. Researchers discovered that young females with [..]
Dyscalculia – Can’t add up?
About a week ago I was reading The Independent, and this headline caught my eye: ‘Can’t add up? Don’t despair – you may suffer from dyscalculia. Ever since [..]
Four Dyslexia Centres to be Closed
FOUR specialist resource centres for children with dyslexia are to be closed as part of the Isle of Wight Council’s sweeping education reforms. Responsibility will be passed from [..]