Dyslexia Discovery

04/26/2015

Finally, another posting about Ed Rev. The evening before the Ball Park event was a reception. One of the guests was Todd Rose, a dyslexic who, iike Gavin Newsom, found his way after much struggle. Through persistence in his twenties he ended up at Harvard and now is a leader in rethinking education. Here is a recent Ted Talk which might interest you.
https://www.google.com/ =todd+rose+myth+of+average

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04/26/2015

This weekend was Parents Education Network's EdRev at the Giants Ball Park.This ritual started seven years ago and is a celebration of dyslexia and learning differences. 2,000 people show up. This year the featured speaker was Gavin Newsom, a dyslexic, former Mayor of San Francisco and now Lieutenant Governor of California. He is a terrific speaker and a great advocate for speaking up about what is. As his audience was filled with school age dyslexics and learning challenged students, and as he, Newsom had struggled so hard with school, he knew the challenges they are facing. And, he re-iterated s that those struggles are in part why he, today, is successful. He learned that he had to find out what he was passionate about. He went into different jobs that were hopeless for him. Then he decided to work in a wine ship and from there he discovered entrepreneurship is what drives him. His stories are riveting and the youngsters in the crowd listened. I occasionally write blogs for PEN. I am glad I am doing it this time. It's a great way for me to digest his ideas.

11/19/2014

I I found this article most intersting. I hope you do also
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1ZuBX3/$y9fbt01:nnR+eA+w/blog.dashburst.com/pic/dyslexia-font-dyslexie/

Finally, there's a typeface that is specifically designed for people with dyslexia. The font, Dyslexie, may not look too much different to non-dyslexic readers, but the minor changes its creator, Dutch graphic designer Christian Boer, who is also dyslexic, made to the letterform may make a world of…

04/24/2014

Kathy Johnson of Pyramid of Potential has sent these definitions of dyslexia. Interesting how they differ. Here's the link.

04/02/2014

I always believe that parents being very active and learning more about their child's reading challenges is so important. Here's an interesting article by a parent.

http://thenotebook.org/april-2014/147063/dyslexia-identify-it-early-and-become-your-child%E2%80%99s-advocate

Most people know the word dyslexia, but few understand it. Diane Reott is one local parent who knows a great deal about it. She just wishes she had learned it earlier for the sake of her son. People g

04/02/2014

One aspect of my learning challenges is hyperlexia. Simply put it means that imaging words either written or vocal can be very challenging. I have used many different healing tools to get on top of this. One of them is Verbalizing and Visualizing offered by Lindamood-Bell.
http://www.lindamoodbell.com/LC_2013_Hyperlexia_VV_Only_v2.pdf

01/20/2014

This link is the best description I have come across that describes the many aspects of reading comprehension challenges. http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs146/1103098668680/archive/1116278769807.html

Bring your children, ages 6 to 18 for a fun evening about the brain. At any age, our brains can improve so that we can learn easier, shorten homework time, and get better jobs. Kathy Johnson of Pyramid of Potential will show you how to change your brain to overcome various obstacles. Put this on you...

12/08/2013

Today a friend shared this link. I explore fonts that make reading easier for dyslexics. Years ago, when I published my book, The Other Side of Dyslexia, on my experience of being dyslexia I asked four other dyslexics to help me pick the font. Our choice seemed work for other readers. Take a look at this discussion.

http://opendyslexic.org/

OpenDyslexic is a new open sourced font created to increase readability for readers with dyslexia. The typeface includes regular, bold, italic, and bold-italic styles. It is being updated continually and improved based on input from dyslexic users. There are no restrictions on using OpenDyslexic out...

08/29/2013

Ten years ago when I published my book, The Other Side of Dyslexia, a personal story on what it feels like to be dyslexic, I asked dyslexics to help me choose the font for the book. Now, there is a study that has been recently completed that might interest you.

http://blog.dyslexia.com/good-fonts-for-dyslexia-an-experimental-study/ #.Uh9X_o3n_rc

A team of researchers in Spain has recently published the results of a study to determine which fonts were easiest for dyslexic individuals to read. Based on the evaluation of 48 dyslexic subjects ages 11-50, reading 12 texts with 12 different fonts, they determined that reading performance was bes...

08/04/2013

Today I audited a class by Svetlana Masgutova who eight years ago helped me balance my 27 reflexes that were off - and had been off since I was three years of age. (eg, I couldn't crawl) Undeveloped reflexes were part of the reason for my dyslexia/hyperlexia. This woman is brilliant and so creative. It you have a child or if you are an adult with a learning challenge, consider finding a specialist who uses the Masgutova work. A great calmness results from balanced reflexes. Here's the link: http://masgutovamethod.com/ It is also know as MNRI.

08/01/2013

in the recent issue of the Costco Magazine, there is an interesting article on the Khan Academy which is revolutionizing the way students learn. http://www.khanacademy.org/

With a library of over 3,000 videos covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and hundreds of skills to practice, we're on a mission to help you learn what you want, when you want, at your own pace.

06/20/2013

This is a powerful talk on the reason to change the approach of teaching. Take time to listen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eBmyttcfU4

High school dropout turned Harvard faculty talks about how a simple new way of thinking helps nurture individual potential. L. Todd Rose is co-founder and pr...