Jun 27, 2014 | DM News Blog
I recently stumbled across an Internet gem that has been floating around teacher blogs for a while. A teacher named David Didau came up with it and calls it “slow writing”. Here’s how he describes it: “I first came up with the idea when...
Jun 18, 2014 | DM News Blog
NBC’s Ann Curry recently interviewed award-winning photographer Robert Clark, who strongly believes that his brain was wired for photography — and dyslexia. His photos span the breadth of human existence, from high school football to war-ravaged...
May 16, 2014 | DM News Blog
Fact: Recent fMRI research shows that using your hands helps trigger stronger memory for learning. When people write things, they remember them for a longer period of time. This has some interesting implications for children with reading and spelling difficulties. We...
Apr 15, 2014 | DM News Blog
Easyread mainly focuses on helping children in primary and secondary education reverse their reading difficulties. But there are people with dyslexia (or reading difficulties not due to any intellectual disability) of all age groups. One of the most difficult stages...
Mar 19, 2014 | Child Reviews, DM Case Studies, DM News Blog, Parent Reviews
The Problem Moving from the UK to Australia at the start of 2011 had some obvious challenges for Tom in terms of adjusting to a new school, a different curriculum, and also a new country. Initially things seemed OK, despite the fact that he was clearly behind his twin...