Hi People, Firstly I have no formal qualifications/expertise in dyslexia. Secondly anybody that can make a diagnosis without some form of examination is a...
Hi everyone, I have to agree with Don on this one even though I wrote that my two younger children crawled differently and were found to be dyslexic. My son...
Hello , I am a doctoral student in Adapted Physical Education with dyslexia. I am researching the experiences of people with dyslexia in the areas of leisure,...
Hi Leslie, I was just wondering what you are hopeing to prove/disprove from your reasearch? It sounds quite intresting what you are looking. If possible would...
I am looking to find coaching skills to give to coaches of athletes with dyslexia for my dissertation. I have not found any information on this topic in the...
I am look to find out if there are relationships between the type of sport and dyslexia. The main thing that I am look at is coaching tips that I could test...
Phd's must be easy to get in some countries there is no mention of a null hypothesis ... http://www.addaform.com/c/@YrDVcmx6mk9VM/Forms/3779ma9k/3779ma9k.html...
Hello All, I'm new to the group and I've had dyslexica... or is that lexdysica, for years. LOL Anyway, I'm hoping to discuss ways others have improved their ...
Hi Chuck, I know what you mean about typing........ i can type at a fairly good speed but i am really good at mispelling and typing words... normally ok if i...
Personally I use Voice recognition software I have been using "Dragon N.S. V5" I have no experience with the current version Personally I have not found a...
Hello All, In reference to Dragon, I give it a try and found it more trouble then it is worth. I recently started reading a very interesting book titled "The...
Has anyone read the new book Overcoming Dyslexia by Sally Shaywitz, M.D. I am in the process of reading it. It gives the history of Dyslexia and the new...
I use Dragon V5 at work though going to either 6 or 7 when we getting it working on our systems. At home i don't have any voice recognition software but i do...
Hi, all! So glad to have found this group, hopefully I'll be able to gain some valuable insight. I have a 12 y.o. son that is starting 7th grade on Tuesday....
Kyla, My son is 11 years old and I pulled him out of public school two years ago and began homeschooling. He has all of the symptoms you listed that your son...
Kyla, Go with your instincts and get a recommendation for a good neuropsychologist. In the 5th grade, our son was tested via the school district and was found...
Angel, Wow! Sounds similar to my situation. I took my son to a psychologist and ADD meds was the first thing he recommended as well. I find it interesting...
I discussed, very briefly, our situation with my son's pediatrician. She, of course, said to make the school do something. I don't think I was clear on the...
Kyla ~ Our insurance paid because of the referral from the neurologist. You could call and find out if your insurance will pay and under what circumstances....
I sat in a meeting today trying to figure out how to serve a child that is obviously dyslexic. I have no difficulty identifying his problems to be dyslexia...
Sally Shaywitz, M.D. is the author of "Overcoming Dyslexia". It is a great book. And I am a teacher, Ph.D. student and I have dyslexia. So I see it from...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has this very good definition of dyslexia in two of it's publications, ICD-10, The International Statistical Classification...
My thoughts are that dyslexia is a human characteristic such as skin colour. How this would give in individual an advantage or disadvantage would depend on the...
Hi I'm dyslexic and I don't feel that dyslexia is medical condition.. I can't take any drugs and "cure -it". It's a different way of thinking and seeing ...
However, it's a neurological reason that you see things in 3-d etc. Without the neurological defect, you would be fine. People that are blind have a medical...
I am glad that you mentioned this information. It lets me understand my son's problem with how he learns compared to how the school teaches. My daughter...