Jan 30, 2013 | DM News Blog
Taylor’s Story Everyone recognizes Dr. Seuss, right? To a dyslexic, rhymes can be such a struggle — even impossible. Many don’t hear the letter sounds like you and I. My daughter Taylor never learned to rhyme. Taylor, for instance, is an 11th grader who...
Oct 17, 2012 | DM News Blog
Researchers have continued their hunt for early signs of dyslexia: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/01/23/children-brain-changes-may-detect-dyslexia/ What they are asking is really a statement of the obvious: if a child finds auditory processing of sounds hard,...
Sep 4, 2012 | DM News Blog
If somebody were to give you driving directions to a place, and you drew a map while listening to the person telling you the directions, which would you recall when going there: – the act of drawing the map? – pictures in your head based...
Aug 31, 2012 | DM News Blog
Did you know that: 81 million adults in the U.S. (43%) can’t read well enough to be sure when to take a medicine or find what time a TV show starts? This statistic comes from the National Adult Literacy Survey (2003) NCED, U.S. Department of Education. It...
Aug 17, 2012 | DM News Blog
We have reached the final instalment in our series on dyslexic Olympic athletes, and we’ve saved the best for last. Sir Steven Redgrave is the only person to have won gold medals at five consecutive games…if you step back and consider that each Olympics is four...
