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People with visual stress often find the following strategies helpful:
• changing the colors on the computer screen to tints which are ‘comfortable';
• writing on tinted paper;
• photocopying important handouts/articles onto tinted paper before study.
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"As a dyslexic adult I love highlighter tape. It is like selotape and colored like highlighter pen. You can remove it with out damaging paper or books. I use it with the dyslexic children I teach." ... Ideal for temporary highighting. A removable alternative to highighter pens for text and copy. Sticks securely, yet removes easily. Transparent enough to see copy beneath tape. 1/6" X 393".
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Sean Bolton has invented a phonics phone, a simple device that he hopes will make a difference in a child's learning experience.
A phonics phone is a piece of polished 3/4-inch PVC pipe. Children place one end against their ear and use the other to speak into. "As they read into this phone, they can't hear the background noise, only their own voices while reading. I also believe this will keep the sound level lower in the class, and my research leads me to believe those who struggle with dyslexia can be helped the most because they act out the most when they don't understand what is being taught to them.
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Does Dyslexia Get Worse With Age? - I was "found out" very early; at about age 4 in 1962. I was part of an experimental group that they developed dyslexia programs with. I have functioned pretty well, thanks to my family working with me as much as anyone else. I am now 49 and for the last 8-10 years I have found my "symptoms" reverting back or getting worse. Has anyone else experienced this? Is it the age thing stress or just normal to wear down and revert over time? Does anyone have an answer?.
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Scottish Dyslexic Pupils 'Victimized' by Staff - Scottish children with dyslexia are allegedly being "victimised and abused" by teachers who do not believe the condition exists, campaigners have warned. According to Dyslexia Scotland, parents from across the country complain weekly that teachers are dismissive, ignorant and hostile towards affected pupils, despite the fact that one in ten youngsters suffers from the condition.
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Kids, Adults Get Help with Dyslexia - Pam Krueger writes a letter in the air like a land-bound sky writer. She accentuates each arc and line as she writes in the air a foot in front of her face. The air stirs, but leaves no trace of the letters and words she writes. The approach Krueger uses is called the Orton-Gillingham method.
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5K Dash to Raise Awareness of Dyslexia - Runners, walkers and children in strollers will gather Saturday for the second annual Dyslexia Dash. The goal of the race is to raise awareness about dyslexia, a language-based learning disability. People with dyslexia usually have difficulty reading, writing and spelling. Almost one in five people are born with dyslexia, so someone you know could struggle with this disability. But with the proper training and therapy, dyslexics can learn to read and write fluently.
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Dyslexia - Speaking and Listening Skills for Adults
- If you are dyslexic, your poor short-term memory may well affect your speaking and listening skills, since we need short-term memory
to remember where we are in a conversation. You may also find you often forget names, or can’t find the right words to express your meaning. Perhaps you have a tendency to lose the thread of your thoughts when you are trying to relate or explain something to other people. You may constantly go off on tangents and get lost in detail.
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UK Entrepreneurs Twice as Likely to be Dyslexic
- Entrepreneurs in Britain are twice as likely to be dyslexic as the general population, but are much less likely than their American counterparts, according to research. Dr Julie Logan, professor of entrepreneurship at the Cass Business School in London, said that dyslexic people display better skills in oral communications and problem-solving. They are also more likely to be better at managing staff, having developed delegation skills in order to cope with their conditions.
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Ground-breaking UK Dyslexia Scheme to Help 10,000 More Children - A successful new way to teach children with dyslexia is to be used in UK inner cities. The scheme, named Springboard for Children, has had a 96 per cent success rate in returning children with severe literacy problems to mainstream classrooms. The majority of pupils are two years behind their peers when they are referred to Springboard. By the time they return to lessons they have a reading age comparable to their classmates. Backed by the British Dyslexia Association, it has achieved a 90 per cent success rate in helping children with severe literacy problems back into mainstream schools.
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Revolution in Teaching Promises Sulution to Dyslexia
Cure for Dyslexia?
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UK Letting Down Dyslexic Pupils - The UK education system fails to identify whether pupils have dyslexia at a young age, leading to fewer dyslexic entrepreneurs in Britain, research has found. An international comparative study by Prof Julie Logan, from Cass Business School, revealed flaws in the systems for identifying and supporting students with dyslexia in the UK, compared with the US.
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Ulster Teachers Urged to Look for Signs of Dyslexia - Iansyst has developed tips to help teachers and parents identify a child with the condition, advice on how to spot the warning signs and how to offer the right classroom support.
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Project Include - European collaboration between the UK, Greece, Hungary, Poland and Romania. It brings together leading experts in the field, providing identification and support of the difficulties of the dyslexic individual. This site is designed to provide access to the web-based tool developed out of this project that will help identify dyslexic adults, their strength and weakness, skills and difficulties, and help them progress .
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