We are now living in time where many high technology gadgets and tools are being invented to make our lives easier. The generation of children and even adults with dyslexia are lucky because an electronic device that is designed primarily for reading digital books called e-reader is here to help them.
One example that has a great feature called VoiceOver and the Intel Reader is the...
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Scatter brain. That's what your child's teacher thinks when your child is not doing and turning in the school works on time. A child with learning disabilities (LD) or Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD), is intelligent and wants to do well in school but something is getting in the way. His...
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For every parent, the success of their children is of utmost importance. But when a child has learning disability, it is not easy to let your child deal with it alone. According to the researchers at the Frostig Center in Pasadena, CA and at the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA, who have...
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There are many resources and programs that assists children or adult with learning disabilities.
According to Nancy Ventrudo, you must learn to do the following:
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Academics is not the only problem dyslexics can have in school. Bullying can often be a big issue. Bullies will find any difference and make it a reason for bullying. Learning disabilities are an easy target.
"The difficulties with reading, writing, and spelling are bad enough, but add bullying on top of...
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One thing Lisa has mentioned over and over that everyone who suffers from any sort of LD experiences it differently. There is no exact definition for any of them. This post by a dyscalculic is a great example
"The realisation that I couldn't see images in my mind was quite a surprising one; probably...
moreNew Zealand Ministry of Education Finally Recognizes that Dyslexia Exists. Up until this point Dyslexia has not officially existed. Now that it exists there's much work to be done. Implementing programs, etc.
[img_assist|nid=542|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=199|height=300] We were created by God to freely think and use every possible thing in our environment to our advantage. There are a lot of sensible struggling kids that are visible experiential learners who learns best when they see and experience information. The British Broadcasting Company 2 conducted a recent study about the...
moreAssessing Dyscalculia We have often heard of the quotation “Nobody is perfect”. I can say that is true because most of us have our disability that we need to deal with. Dyscalculia is one of these disabilities. It is a learning disability affecting numeric skills. A book entitled The Dyscalculia Assessment that can assist in making math easy to understand. It will also help in determining a...
moreLike many things in life Learning disabilities are subject to popularity contests. The most prevalent are not necessarily the ones that get the most attention. As it turns out, the amount research and the number of publications written about any given Learning disability is not necessarily relative to the number of people who suffer from it. Dorothy Bishop,a professor in developmental...
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