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‘The Fonz’ Talks of Dyslexia Battle
This is such a brilliant article about a personal battle with dyslexia. And the way Henry Winkleris joining forces with the Government to help change the way dyslexic kids get taught in schools. “Hoorah” I would so love to get involved. Read more
Dyslexic man walks in to see the latest movie.
Dyslexic man walks in to see the latest movie, sounds like a joke but it’s really frustrating went half way through they have subtitles. My wife Jill always sits next to me and has to read the subtitles out to me there has been over the years people behind us getting annoyed because they think we’re just chatting. One day I will invent some software so it will convert the subtitles into any language.
PM announces help for pupils
Gordon Brown was given a lesson in numeracy from schoolchildren as he set out plans to guarantee extra help to primary school pupils who fall behind. read more
DYSLEXIA CAN MAKE KIDS DEAF
Study may improve teaching
Dyslexia can affect youngsters’ hearing as well as reading ability, scientists have claimed.
Kids with the condition have difficulty listening to teachers above background classroom noise.
The findings could see new ways of diagnosing sufferers based on hearing tests. It may also see them put at the front of class or provided with wireless devices to pick up information better.
Research leader Prof Nina Kraus, of Northwestern University, illinois, US, said: “It brings us closer to understanding sensory processing in children who experience difficulty excluding irrelevant noise.
“It provides an index that can help in assessing children with reading problems.” UK experts said the study could help schools improve how they taught dyslexics.
One in 10 of the British population is thought to suffer to some degree.
Dr Kate Saunders of the British Dyslexia Association said: “A range of research demonstrates the way dyslexic individuals process auditory material is different to non-dyslexic learners.
“Teachers should be made aware of these differences to plan how best to help these children.”
In the study, both dyslexic kids with poor reading and pupils without the condition were made to listen to a repeated sound amid a noisy background. Prof Kraus said: “The ability to fine-tune repeating elements is crucial to hearing speech in noise.”
Colleague Dr Bharath Chandrasekaran, added: “Good readers tuned into the sound and sharpened it. Poor readers did not.”
2 MILLION adults in the UK suffer from severe dyslexia
My Word of 2010
Had a good tip today what is your word of 2010 going to be, straight away I thought it has to be FOCUS a word I always use but seldom took my own advice so that is my word of 2010. To be a entrepreneur, that is the best tip I can give.
Holly Willoughby announced she is dyslexic on Twitter
Spelling may be very important with content, and certainly where Google is concerned, but it shouldn’t be considered the be all and end all where blogs and tweets are concerned.
The odd spelling mistake is fine. It’s accepted. What isn’t accepted is when you make a spelling mistake and you receive dozens, or hundreds, of comments and messages deriding you for the mistake. Read more
This has always annoyed me, when people feel so smug to tell you that you have made a spelling mistake or all your Grammar is wrong I loved the reply what Jamie Oliver said on his twitter good on you mate.
Music To The Mind - Activating Human Potential
So what is it that makes music so special? We listen to music using our two ears and the signal received by our ears is send to the brain for processing. To be able to filter, comprehend and use this information the brain needs to organise all the incoming data. It will look for patterns and similarities and it will try to match these to previous experiences stored in memory. Fortunately almost all music is highly structured and organised, with only small, often predictable, variations providing the tune or melody. Music thus provides pre-organised information to the brain, which is very easily assimilated and processed. The rhythm and beats within music often mimic our breathing and heart rate. Thus music with a slow rhythm can relax us, while disc jockeys in clubs make use of the beats-per-minute to whip the audience on the dance floor into an ever-increasing frenzy. Read more
Now you come to mention it,when I listen to music my dyslexia reduces and I read a bit easier.I will try this more often. John Tipping
Developmental Dyslexia
This makes perfect sense to me, specially going back to my school days I remember saying I just can’t hear you that’s why I went for so many hearing tests. Not knowing that it was background noise I couldn’t distinguish from. Read more on this article
Merry Christmas only one day to go.
I love Christmas loads of cards and loads of presents loads of people sending you texts on your mobile the only problem is you can’t read all the messages. Just thought it would be a way of describing how a dyslexic have to adjust on a daily basis.
Have a wonderful Christmas and hope you get every sink you want.
Merry Christmas From John Tipping
My Child’s Special
Parents of dyslexic children tell MEERA MURUGESAN about their frustrations over society’s continued ignorance and tactlessness when faced with the learning disability.
MUCH has been written about dyslexia but does this mean there’s better acceptance of children with the learning disability, especially in our results oriented, exam-driven society? Ask any parent of a dyslexic child and they’ll tell you they take joy and pride in their child’s achievements but getting others to understand if not appreciate their child’s uniqueness can be frustrating and challenging. It makes me sad that nothing has challenged since I went to school over 25 years ago. Read more
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