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Four Ways Dyslexia Manifests in Everyday Life
Living with dyslexia day to day Countless Americans struggle with the effects of dyslexia. The condition is defined by the individual's inability to recognize the relationship between sounds, words and spellings. The effects of dyslexia in everyday life varies from...
About Dichotic Listening And Why It Matters
How to detect a selective attention difficulty related to APD …if you focus on the underlying skills needed to process speech when it’s spoken in a noisy environment, you’re on the right track. What parents sometimes call selective hearing, is oftentimes selective...
Living With Dyslexia Essay – Spencer L.
“Living With Dyslexia” Scholarship Essay Throughout my years as a dyslexic student, I have spent most of my weekends reading ahead in all my subjects to keep up with my classmates. I did not want my learning disability to define who I was in the classroom, and I...
Dyslexia Loves Company
Dyslexia Comorbidity, Symptoms With Same Root Cause “… when you think of dyslexia as a symptom of deeper language processing issue, then it's not that surprising that it's almost never alone." Your child might have struggled with learning to read for a while before...
Take Control of Your Child’s Learning
When the school's timeline & goals differ from yours Raising a child is challenging enough, parenting a struggling learner - including auditory processing disorder, dyslexia, and ADHD - multiplies that challenge tenfold. This post focuses on what you can do when...
Winning Essay – APD Dyslexia Scholarship 2019
Julian L., Going to College Every year, Gemm Learning provides a college scholarship for a student who has had to overcome APD or dyslexia or both on the journey to college. We have been providing these scholarships since 2013, and for the first time, this year the...
Partner With Teachers to Help Your APD Child
8 Ways to Support your APD Child at School So, your child has just been diagnosed with (central) auditory processing disorder diagnosis. We’ll call it APD for short. As the parent of an APD child, your journey will be a lot smoother if you actively partner with their...
Auditory Processing Disorder in 2nd Grade – A Letter to My Son
My Dear Son, Your diagnosis of auditory processing disorder in 2nd grade was scary for me. You were only 7 years old. I did my very best to hide my fears from you, but I know you sensed something was up. And you were right. I was afraid for your future because...
8 Life Hacks for People With Dyslexia
Dyslexia Hacks to Make Life a Little Easier There's one thing all successful people with dyslexia have in common. They've discovered tricks - dyslexia hacks -- that help them cope with their learning disability. Hacks that let them do things in ways that fit better...
Is Homework Taking The Joy Out Of Parenting?
Is it time for a change? If you dread homework time, you are not alone. Learning difficulties and homework battles go hand in hand. Stress, arguments, standoffs and general frustration play out in homes every school night all over the globe. For a very good reason....