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Famous Dyslexics: Actor and Funny Man Tim Conway

Tim Conway is best known for his role in the show McHale’s Navy and as a regular contributor to The Carol Burnett Show. He is also a touring comedian who specialises in clean, family-friendly humour – a rarity in the comedy world! He’s recently...

Big improvements – school has noticed!

Hi Sarah, I spoke to Liam’s teacher this week. They re-ran a reading and spelling test with Liam which they had done May last. Last may Liam was testing well below average. This week his results showed to be just slightly below average. But with big and...

He wrote me a note for the first time!

[after Lesson 6] He just sat here and wrote out a note to me. He was saying the word and then sounding it out…which trust me that is something he does not usually do. He rarely writes a note to begin with, let alone sit and sound out a word! He misspelt one word...

Does “dyslexia” exist for the Chinese language?

A recent article in The Economist analyzed what it might mean for a learner to be “dyslexic” when reading Chinese. http://www.economist.com/blogs/analects/2014/09/dyslexia-chinese?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/disabilityofadifferentcharacter Hooray! Somebody writing...