The Cost of Illiteracy in New Orleans

It turns out that many of the residents of New Orleans have been unable to read the forms they need to fill in to receive assistance, following Hurricane Katrina. With $10 billion on offer, that is going to be expensive dyslexia! It is just a very graphic example of...

No Advance in SATS results

Despite everyone’s best efforts, the UK literacy SATS results for 2008 have shown no improvement. That means that one in five children (120,000) will be arriving at secondary school in September, still unable to read. What is the point of going really? They are...

Definition of Dyslexia

There is a lot of confusion about the term dyslexia. It is often referred to as a condition like asthma or autism. In fact, dyslexia just means “impaired ability to read, not caused by low intelligence” (ie can’t read and we don’t know why)....

Dyslexia Awareness Week – 15th-19th September

Dyslexia Awareness Week is next month.   We will be presenting as much information to the media as possible in the weeks running up to that. If you have any contacts that you would like us to send information to, please tell us. – David Morgan Dyslexia...