Recent Dyslexia Articles page 5

The State - The center gives individual attention to children with learning disabilities and such differences as hearing loss, speech delay and dyslexia. WHY IT WORKS FOR THE COMMUNITY As the district expanded its magnet programs, officials realized they could ...

Baltimore Sun - Sometimes a student, even one without an official diagnosis such as dyslexia or ADHD, simply needs more time, or needs to hear an assignment, instead of only seeing it on a chalkboard, she said. IDL member Melissa Kay said many teachers are "not ...

Detroit News - Henry Winkler is known to fans the world over as Fonzie from "Happy Days," but fewer people know about his early struggles with dyslexia. In this collaboration with Lin Oliver, Winkler has created an entire series following the misadventures of Hank ...

BioPortfolio - When Adam started kindergarten, the teacher wanted him to learn about letters. But "p" looked like "q," and "b" looked like "d." Adam would rather color or mold clay. In first grade, his teacher wanted him to put the letters into words so he could ...

Times of India - LONDON: In a startling development, a 15-year-old British boy with dyslexia has opened up a private chocolate factory after winning a deal to supply to supermarkets, reports the BBC website. Louis Barnett, from Kinver, Staffs, left school aged 11 ...

The Independent - I've taught the IB to children with dyslexia, with special needs. They do really well. It's perfectly accessible." It's certainly a boon for the best. Godolphin's first year of IB students graduated this summer. Nearly a third achieved 40 points or ...

BBC News - Louis Barnett, from Staffordshire, developed a taste for making his own chocs at home after leaving school aged 11 when he was diagnosed with dyslexia. After that, when he wasn't in lessons at home he was whipping up new tasty treats in his mum and ...

MSN UK News - Researchers at Newcastle University are also researching if using pictures will also be easier for people with language difficulties such as dyslexia. The "graphical passwords" are drawn over a background, such as a photo of a flower, a map, a playing ...

Herald - Scottish children with dyslexia are being "victimised and abused" by teachers who do not believe the condition exists, campaigners have warned. According to Dyslexia Scotland, parents from across the country complain weekly that teachers are ...

Courier - MOTOR RACING legend Sir Jackie Stewart sped into Perth and Dundee yesterday as part of a whistle-stop Scottish tour. Last night he gave an informal talk at Dundee University’s D’Arcy Thompson Lecture Theatre. The former world champion chatted to ...