Famous Dyslexics: Author of Cedar Cove, Debbie Macomber
Author of over 100 books of fiction, Debbie Macomber has a new claim to fame... Hallmark has recently adapted her Cedar Cove series into a TV serial drama starring Andie Macdowell. Things didn't always come so easily for Macomber. She couldn't read until the age of 10...
read moreHigh Standards for Healthy School Meals: to be Celebrated not Scorned
The new School Food Plan, devised by schools, restaurant owners and the government, is surely something we should be supporting, not despairing at as is happening in some of the recent media coverage. The new standards as outlined in the links below could eventually...
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Case Study: Daily reading battles and family dyslexia
Before Easyread, Sam did not like reading at all. The school readers were a daily battle with tears and frustration – and Sam was in the lowest reader in his class at age 5. Sam's dad and extended family members all have dyslexia, so his mother was ready to intervene...
read moreFamous Dyslexics: Formula 1 and IndyCar Racer Justin Wilson
Justin Wilson holds an unusual claim to fame: at 6 foot 4 inches, he is the tallest person to ever have raced in Formula 1 competition! Born and raised in Sheffield, England, both he and his brother Stefan have made their names in racing. And Justin has dyslexia. He...
read moreCan you strengthen weak memory?
Short-term memory difficulty is one of the 8 main causes of reading difficulty, and there's no question that it can hold a child back in developing literacy. (The good news is, Easyread can help through the Trainertext method, which reduces cognitive load on the...
read moreFamous Dyslexics: Former Google CIO Douglas Merrill
Entrepreneur, cognitive scientist, and former Google CIO Douglas Merrill has a long list of career exploits behind him... and he's only in his mid-40s! Merrill struggled with dyslexia as a child, likely due to poor hearing between the ages of 3 and 6 (he had an...
read moreWhat Might Dyslexia Feel Like?
It's a plain fact of life that we can never get inside anyone else's head... and that's probably a good thing! But what might it feel like to have dyslexia? Designer (and dyslexic) Daniel Britton recently put together a project to show the confusion - and perhaps...
read moreFamous Dyslexics: Owner of ‘the most romantic hotel in Britain’, Stephen Hargreaves
It's not your typical claim to fame. Hotelier and dyslexic Stephen Hargreaves can boast that he owns 'the most romantic hotel in Britain'! Hargreaves and his wife bought The Cranleigh at Lake Windermere nearly 10 years ago, and totally transformed it into...
read moreStanford study shows letter-to-sound matching is crucial
In a recent study at Stanford University, literate adults were taught how to read in a new alphabet of letter characters. Half were taught using a letter-to-sound matching method (phonics), and the other half were taught using whole word sight-memorisation, over a...
read moreFamous Dyslexics: British billionaire businessman Guy Hands
Private equity investor Guy Hands is one of Britain's top entrepreneurs. Founder of Terra Firma Capital Partners, Hands has had a varied career which has included being: chairman of EMI music, biggest pub landlord in the UK, owner of vineyards and olive farms in...
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